Artistic Rice Fields
The tradition of artistic rice fields was started in 1993 in the Aomori village of Inakadate, about 300 km of Tokyo, Japan. Each year, hundreds of farmers create huge rice field art figures and compositions by using use no ink or dye. Instead, Inakadate residents use different varieties of rice plants that have been carefully arranged in special patterns. The themes are different each year.
Inakadate has now earned a reputation for its agricultural artistry and over 200,000 visitors come to the village every summer to see the extraordinary murals. The figures are only visible from aerial vantage points until September when the rice will be harvested.
