That's really rice!
That's really rice!
Inakadate rice picturesThe village of Inakadate is located in the southern Minamitsugaru district in Aomori, Japan. Which doesn't make it automatically worth mentioning. What does make it mentionable is the fact that some of its roundabout 8000 inhabitants create giant figurative pictures by using different varieties of rice.
Yes, rice.
The farmers have cultivated this unique technique of awesome art since 1993. It's absolutely perfect, since it is not only great to watch from above one of the mountains around but adverts the volatile nature of art itself.
Why is that? That is because it will only be visible until September when the rice will be harvested.
This year the farmers' green phase uses motifs by Hokusai's 36 views of Mount Fuji.
And zen: Where do you find art that does not only satisfy your aesthetical sensation but also your hunger?