Inakadate, a village in Aomori, north of Honshu, Japan, has successfully resurrected its own village by creating unique art forms in rice fields. This art was named Tanbo, which was born in 199. Farmers have created and cultivated intercropping, pruning to create great art works on a large scale.
Today, with the popularity of this type of art has helped the village welcomes more than 200,000 visitors a year to visit, although the population here is only 8,000 people.
Every year, muddy farmers grow rice fields of different colors to create new artworks, and this happens continuously in the process of tree development. Rice till harvest.
The enormous paintings they have made are classic artworks such as the Mona Lisa, images of historical figures such as Napoleon, Marilyn Monroe, world culture, traditional symbols in Japan, Animated cartoons, natural landscapes and figures.
To admire these masterpieces, hundreds of visitors can stand on the top observatory at the top of the town hall to see first of all the vast rice fields, stretches and paintings. Colors with many impressive themes.
20 years ago, Inakadate village fell into disrepair with debt piled up, agricultural incomes dropped and people left the village. In 1981, authorities discovered the 2,000-year-old rice field archaeological site, which made a name for Inakadate village, one of the oldest rice growing regions in northern Japan.
The cost of creating art in rice fields is about $ 35,000 a year, but brings about $ 70,000 in revenue from tourists. This revenue is not collected from the visitor's visit fee, but is fully received from the donation.
In order to create elaborate works of art, they must be pre-designed on the computer to determine exactly where the planting and how to plant. Hundreds of volunteers then planted varieties of genetically modified rice such as red, black, yellow, white and mixed with local green varieties to create elaborate works. so attractive.
