Rice Field Art In Japan

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Every year, farmers in the rural town Inakadate, Japan creates rice field art by using red rice in with their regular rice in special patterns. A few others fields in rural Japan also followed the trend of this beautiful rice field art.

Check out different stages of the rice field art from start to harvesting with 16 more pics after the jump.

Source: Inakadate

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70 Comments »

1. Matt Alexander said

   September 23, 2007 @ 2:40 pm

   Beautiful.





2. cam said

   September 23, 2007 @ 4:45 pm

   Nice!





3. Підприємець з України said

   September 23, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

   super! Very nice photos! I like it!
   Do you know where I can get them on HQ?





4. jad said

   September 23, 2007 @ 5:42 pm

   Nice.





5. Anonymous said

   September 23, 2007 @ 5:44 pm

   אומנות שדות האורז ביפן (תמונות)

   מקסים, חובה לראות





6. Ofbeat News top DIGG news » Blog Archive » Rice Field Art in Japan. (PICS) said

   September 23, 2007 @ 6:06 pm

   [...] read more | digg story [...]





7. Derrick said

   September 23, 2007 @ 6:14 pm

   Any of these could easily replace my current desktop wallpaper. Nice stuff!





8. JoeTech.com said

   September 23, 2007 @ 6:22 pm

   These are great. Was there any info with them?





9. yarijik said

   September 23, 2007 @ 6:51 pm

   Beautiful work!!! Absolutely beautiful!





10. funcaptain » Kunst mit Reisfeldern said

    September 23, 2007 @ 8:29 pm

    [...] Reisfeldkunst [...]





11. funcaptain » Rice field art said

    September 23, 2007 @ 8:30 pm

    [...] Art done using fields of rice. [...]





12. Rich said

    September 23, 2007 @ 10:28 pm

    Very nice. Except growing an image of the Mona Lisa is clearly in violation of international copyrice law.





13. jacque said

    September 24, 2007 @ 12:09 am

    aliens!





14. Alonline » Rice field art said

    September 24, 2007 @ 6:42 am

    [...] Cool art created in rice fields by careful planting of different types of rice. The designs are well executed and must take a lot of careful planning to make sure that they are planted at the right time, and that they are legible once sown. The results are great, but ephemeral. [...]





15. links for 2007-09-24 « Donghai Ma said

    September 24, 2007 @ 12:17 pm

    [...] Rice Field Art In Japan – Hemmy.net, A source of varied interests (tags: design art images) [...]





16. Sudheendra Batni. said

    September 24, 2007 @ 12:50 pm

    Count On Japanese to always innovate something!!!!





17. subcorpus said

    September 24, 2007 @ 3:06 pm

    amazing …
    is this like real ???





18. OMC said

    September 24, 2007 @ 5:36 pm

    Nice photoshop work





19. Front Row Crew - GeekNights » Blog Archive » GeekNights 070924 - Viruses, Trojans, and Worms: Oh My! said

    September 25, 2007 @ 8:26 am

    [...] Thing – Rice Art Rym’s Thing – Don’t Tase Me, [...]





20. WinnySpot said

    September 26, 2007 @ 12:01 am

    [...] Source: Vill via Hemmy. [...]





21. Mathew said

    September 28, 2007 @ 7:07 pm

    Wow!





22. Bratsland » Woord van de week: rijstveldkunst said

    September 30, 2007 @ 6:04 pm

    [...] uitgroeien tot gewassen met een eigen kleur, worden in het Japanse dorp Inakadate jaarlijks heuse rijstveldkunstwerken [...]





23. Technorama » Knight Rider to Ride Again [ack, gasp, choke] said

    October 1, 2007 @ 1:54 pm

    [...] Rice Field Art via Digg [...]





24. 創意稻田創作 « Mr./Ms. Days - 網路, 資訊, 觀察, 生活 said

    October 6, 2007 @ 11:49 am

    [...] 觀看更多創作 [...]





25. Arte en un campo de arroz « No puedo creer que lo hayan inventado… said

    October 7, 2007 @ 12:01 am

    [...] Esto es posible gracias a que plantan diferentes tipos de arroz. Puedes ver más campos decorados de esta forma en este enlace. [...]





26. Pesk said

    October 7, 2007 @ 12:36 am

    Juer.. como se aburren los chinos, japoneses o lo que sean… como se aburren….

    …

    Saludos!





27. Jonathan said

    October 7, 2007 @ 4:36 pm

    Estos japoneses no hayan que hacer, en serio…
    Solo hace falta que hagan “arte” con la mierda que cagan! XD
    Eso si seria muy creativo y raro al mismo tiempo, aunque el olor que habria…





28. Aniramix said

    October 7, 2007 @ 11:58 pm

    No, not nice.
    RICE!





29. Kirai.NET - Un geek en Japón by Héctor García — Arte con campos de arroz said

    October 9, 2007 @ 7:07 pm

    [...] me envía un enlace con unas fotos muy curiosas de campos de arroz con dibujos que se pueden apreciar desde lejos. [...]





30. meneame.net said

    October 10, 2007 @ 12:39 am

    Arte con campos de arroz en Japón [IMG]

    Impresionantes y curiosas imágenes de auténticas obras de arte cultivadas en campos de arroz en Japón.





31. Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan — Artistic rice fields said

    October 10, 2007 @ 7:27 pm

    [...] sent me this link with some really intersting rice field pictures. There is a little village in Aomori called [...]





32. Curioso.. said

    October 23, 2007 @ 11:30 pm

    [...] [Ver más arte con Arroz] [...]





33. Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Rice Field Art In Japan said

    November 16, 2007 @ 10:36 am

    [...] Katana placed an observative post today on Rice Field Art In JapanHere’s a quick excerpt [...]





34. 稻田艺术 » | 异言 said

    December 14, 2007 @ 7:51 pm

    [...] arlos sent me this link with some really intersting rice field pictures. There is a little village in Aomori called [...]





35. recetas de cocina said

    December 23, 2007 @ 9:23 pm

    completely amazing!





36. H Takata said

    January 6, 2008 @ 4:28 am

    Must take an incredible amount of planning to make sure that color is in exact position. just STUPENDOUS and INCREDIBLE!!!! I can’t even draw a straight line with paper and pencil……





37. antonio bellomio said

    January 19, 2008 @ 10:01 pm

    en mi país el arte está desconectado de la producción y decir en voz alta que la estética y la expresión artística se relacionan con el arte, provoca risas; y darme con estas cosas me llena de satisfacción y placer

    solo hay que proponerse





38. » MMDays - mmdays - 創意稻田創作 said

    February 20, 2008 @ 6:33 pm

    [...] 觀看更多創作 [...]





39. Rice Art said

    March 16, 2008 @ 7:23 am

    [...] Source: Hemmy [...]





40. Edgar said

    September 2, 2008 @ 11:05 am

    Awwwwwwsome…





41. Dedy said

    November 24, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

    Amazing!!!!!! How they could do that? I really love japanese arts, especially rice field art, I sell rice in my country





42. superstring said

    February 5, 2009 @ 11:48 am

    sugoiiiii





43. -----kei peter-chan---- said

    February 27, 2009 @ 6:51 am

    REALISTIC ….. AMAZING!!!

    Wow ! This is a very unique art of the Japanese. This is my first time seiing a rice field with that particular design plus Japanese characters. I even think that I can’t write those because its so difficult. How did they did that! With complete evidences?! whoah! This makes me a lot more interested of the Japanese culture because I loved it from the start, really!
    arigatou gozaimashita! minnasama , okarada o taisetsu ni.

    GANBATTE KUDASAI ! TAIHEN DESU’ NE! SUGOII !!!





44. Maureen said

    May 29, 2009 @ 10:29 pm

    Evidently the talent was there at the start, but was looking for a new avenue to explore.
    The precise geometry and patience, of laying out the rice, to produce such exquisite designs, is a testament to the patience, drive, and fortitude of human beings.
    Congratulations to the groups of people that did this spectacular communal work!





45. Mary Lou said

    May 31, 2009 @ 8:12 pm

    Wow, amazing planning and nurturing needed for that art! And you would have to wait to see if worked out.





46. Steve Snider said

    September 5, 2009 @ 1:57 am

    Simply AMAZING. But, I cannot help but ask: Is there any difference in the TASTE of the rice?





47. Tyler Durden said

    September 30, 2009 @ 6:52 am

    Actually, that’s a pretty horrible photoshop job. The perspective is WAY Off on most of those images.





48. Recetas de cocina said

    October 2, 2009 @ 8:44 am

    Surprising that they created a simple rice field





49. tony said

    October 24, 2009 @ 1:03 am

    OMC and anyone other, please go to on the site below:

    .http://mihai-apostu.blogspot.com/2009/09/inakadate-rice-field-art-2009.html

    my daughter lives in Japan and attests to the authenticity of the work.





50. Anne said

    January 23, 2010 @ 10:24 pm

    These are amazing works of art. I can’t imagine the time and patience it took to do this. Most enjoyable.





51. churozen said

    February 3, 2010 @ 4:25 pm

    This shit is fake.





52. Alexaderia said

    February 6, 2010 @ 10:36 am

    dude, this is totally awesome. I think that it would take some hard work to make pictures like that with rice plants though. I hope the people who own the ricefields get payed for this, but if they don’t, well then they’re pretty cool for doing that for the heck of it. :~) rock on rice field dudes





53. Shahar Boyayan said

    February 12, 2010 @ 1:33 am

    Remarkable work of art!





54. carolyn said

    February 13, 2010 @ 6:59 am

    “AMAZING”, I need to get my jaw off the floor. That is truely a labor of love, wow.





55. tom said

    February 19, 2010 @ 8:32 am

    So please… Are they a hoax or not???





56. gilbert martin said

    February 21, 2010 @ 3:21 am

    UNBELIEVABLE.





57. Spluch said

    February 26, 2010 @ 5:21 pm

    Beautiful work Nice One……..





58. Telly Mariani said

    March 1, 2010 @ 1:32 pm

    Cool,, A what impressive field arts of talented Japanese, involved a lot of compassion. Very excitement enjoy it !!





59. Sarah said

    March 31, 2010 @ 5:26 am

    The first image is Japanese theater related, the next pictures that show the stages ends up being a famous woodblock painting by an artist named Hokusai (my favorite artist actually!), the words in the wave rice field say “Inakadate” (name of the area) and “Let’s protect life” and after that is the Japanese God of Thunder, Kaminari, then some warriors fighting with some uchiwa fans around them, then a Buddha-type figure with some uchiwa fans around his head and, as you know, the Mona Lisa.

    This is some amazing stuff. Wow. Even when they’re planting you can faintly see the designs that the rice ends up being. This must take a lot of planning, coordination, and cooperation.

    I wonder if they do eat the rice. Blue rice, green rice, black rice, yellow-green rice…wow! If they use it for meals, that’s a colorful meal you would have there.





60. The Japanese one up crop circles | Love and Trash said

    April 27, 2010 @ 9:23 am

    [...] quick search revealed a very cool time lapsed pictorial at hemmy.net of one paddy cum canvas revealing it’s image as the rice grows. I wonder if the [...]





61. soraya said

    April 29, 2010 @ 6:59 pm

    Hardworking Japanese?
    Just beautiful.
    Is the taste as delicious as it is beautiful?





62. Karolin said

    May 26, 2010 @ 9:23 pm

    it really awesome.How do they bother to do it?
    Really awesome. I cant get over it. Muhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa





63. DonSenen said

    June 2, 2010 @ 11:08 pm

    It´s very simple, jut love and passion for their work. that causes that you can convert it in art .





64. Agricultura y Arte: Crear Turismo Rural Divirtiéndose said

    July 18, 2010 @ 9:43 pm

    [...] Comentarios (0) Una vez más, el amigo Alfred Zinck nos envió un enlace al blog denominado Hemmy.Net, en el que los agricultores compaginan sus labores agrícolas con actividades lúdicas, generando [...]





65. Agustín Sepúlveda said

    July 21, 2010 @ 1:25 am

    Beautifull!!!
    It is a must in Chile countryside where you can see the farms (grain, grapes, horts) from the hills and can be used as an identity process for small communities





66. Yoshi said

    September 5, 2010 @ 11:14 am

    Here is an exclusive interview for those produced Japanese rice paddy art.
    http://thedoq.com/creativeport/en/





67. Kenya said

    October 4, 2010 @ 10:19 am

    I had never seen anything like this, I love it. A very nice way to express art.





68. aparna said

    March 7, 2011 @ 12:25 am

    wat an idea???? u farmers rock!!!!





69. Jenny said

    October 29, 2011 @ 9:41 am

    Exquisite.





70. matus - minijuegos said

    December 17, 2011 @ 3:24 am

    A genius of the Japanese! great!

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