It takes a village...to make rice paddy art!

This is stunning.



I was hoping to hear about harvesting the rice at the end, though that was not mentioned.

Don't worry! It's harvested by volunteers as a tourist event. This video is old, but I promise they do it every year.



The rice is offered as rice balls or mochi, etc. at the planting, harvest, and winter events. And sometimes sold. Below is from a different town...most Japanese town offices are still really behind as far as uploading media and such....but you get the idea.



This is the same town. They started winter rice field art in the snow as well.

WOW this is amazing! I've never seen this before it's super cool! 😎

Here are some examples:


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Every spring, Japaneses farmers take a lot of time and effort to ‘paint’ images in their rice fields using white, black, and yellow-hued species of rice.

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Thanks for sharing those They are so beautiful! I'm an artist and it's always a special treat to see other people's art!🙂