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Japan's Amazing Rice Paddy Art Continues to Dazzle
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Rashmi 30 Aug 13   Views 148 Views  Comments 0 Comments 
This is Naruto from, well, Naruto. The iconic manga and anime character has been recreated in a Japanese rice paddy. This is called quottanbo artquot or quotrice paddy artquot. There are no dyes to create the different colors and hues. Instead, farmers used various rice strains in their tanbo canvases. Often, hundreds of villagers work together to plant the rice by hand and create these massive works of art. While planting, different areas of the rice paddy are roped off, so people know which type of rice to put wheremdashkind of like painting by numbers. Rice is planted in the spring, and then harvested in the fall. When it gets close to harvest, the color changes to a beautiful hue called quotkoganeiroquot , which is often translated as quotgoldenquot or quothoney-coloredquot. Originally, tanbo art was started in the early 1990s after a village Aomori Prefecture was looking for a way to rejuvenate itself. Since then, the rice paddy art has been good for local tourismmdashso good, it seems, that it has spread to other prefectures. The Naruto tanbo art, for instance, is located in Okayama Prefecture...
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