Thanks to @tokyotopia via twitter this morning, I stumbled on the rice field art phenomenon in Inakadate, Japan. Wow – I am impressed! Rice field art designs have been created in the Inakadate Village since 1993 as part of a local revitalization project.
- Click through to Ayuko0166 photo stream on flickr
In 2005, the message about the arable artwork meant around 130,000 visitors journeyed to this rural setting to capture some of their own photographic artwork.
- Click through to Chrissam photos on flickr
A year later in 2006, the careful planning went hi-tech when village organizers of the paddy artwork used computers to precisely plot the planting of the four differently colored rice varieties. This really brought the images to life. And what amazing images they are. Lovely combination of technology and traditional rice planting techniques to produce art on the rice fields.
- Click through to Will Design Works photo on flickr
Using computers has meant the time it takes to calculate the position of the design on the rice paddies, is greatly shortened and the pictures are planned more efficiently and with greater detail.
- Click through to Kurup_man's flickr photo
Harvesting the crops of rice will start in late September – what a shame – in some ways it reminds me of the sand mandalas that are so carefully created and then ritualistically destroyed. Interesting comparison? This is my favourite one!
- Click through to sassa17 flickr photos
Have you got a favourite rice art picture ? After I posted this out on twitter – I realised how popular the rice fields art has become – Pink Tentacle have produced a great timelapse video on youtube – take a look.
RT @KimonoBox: Japanese Art on Ricefields | Japan | kimonobox.com http://bt.io/4GM Some amazing photographs,just brilliant.
All I can say is WOW! To bad those rice fields couldn’t be saved. But they all have to be harvested to keep everybody working and fed. Maybe they could set up an area to do just this kind of art work. I’ve seen pictures back here with people doing this to corn fields. Reminds me of the movie “Field Of Dreams” …”If You build it they will come.”
What do you think?
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@tokyotopia thanks for pointing me in this direction – really interesting http://bit.ly/13bk3i
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#JBlogs Japanese Art on Ricefields http://bit.ly/HcaiO
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RT @KimonoBox: @tokyotopia thanks for pointing me in this direction – really interesting http://bit.ly/13bk3i
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RT @KimonoBox: Japanese Art on Ricefields | Japan | kimonobox.com http://bt.io/4GM Some amazing photographs,just brilliant.
This comment was originally posted on Twitter
RT @KimonoBox: Japanese Art on Ricefields | Japan | kimonobox.com http://bt.io/4GM Some amazing photographs,just brilliant.
To bad those rice fields couldn’t be saved. But they all have to be harvested to keep everybody working and fed. Maybe they could set up an area to do just this kind of art work. I’ve seen pictures back here with people doing this to corn fields. Reminds me of the movie “Field Of Dreams” …”If You build it they will come.”
All I can say is WOW!
What do you think?