Japanese Rice Field Paintings

Rice field paintings! Leave it to the Japanese to even take their crop-growing to an artistic level. Every year, a group of people in Inakadate, Japan get together to lay out an image design in the field. Then, they spread out various types of rice and wait. There are some pretty neat examples out there, as they've done it several years in a row. 

Here are a couple of my favourites:

Here's a time-lapse video of the rice being planted and growing:

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