When Japanese farmers become artists

A group of farmers in Japan have created these beautiful murals from planting different colours of rice in their paddy fields. Believe it or not these farmers sketched out their designs on their computers so that they knew exactly where every coloured seed needs to be planted. Paddy field artwork is actually a tradition that began in 1993 in the village of Inakadate, north of Tokyo. It all started as a project to revitalise the local economy.

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