Japanese Rice Field Art

This is absolutely amazing! A friend from Idaho sent me some pictures & asked if this was real. Internet research has proven that this is indeed, authentic & we're hoping to plan a trip to see this for ourselves if we're still here at the end of next summer. The largest and finest work is grown in the Aomori village of Inakadate, 600 miles north of Tokyo (very from away from us!), where this tradition began in 1993. CLICK RIGHT HERE for more unbelievable photos, info & even a time-lapse video of how they did it!

Folksy yet sophisticated ... a reproduction in rice of Hokusai's famous print the Great Wave. Photograph: Norifumi Naito/Solen