Who says farming can’t be artsy?
In Japan’s Aomori Prefecture, the residents have been keeping a yearly tradition of creating rice paddy art or tambo art. For this year’s art, a pair of rice fields were dedicated to two iconic characters from the 1950s.
The first rice field features a scene from the classic film Roman Holiday, where Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck are riding a vespa and sharing a tender moment with each other. The second field pays tribute to acclaimed Japanese manga artist, Osamu Tezuka, as it features Astro Boy striking his signature pose along with other characters created by Tezuka.
It takes careful planning create these intricately detailed rice paddy artworks. The organizers even shared on social media how the characters slowly came into shape every week since they’ve been planted. They usually start planting and designing in June. By July, the artworks become visibly green and will continue to change its hues as it approaches harvest time by late September to early October.
Other popular characters that were featured in the previous years were Godzilla, Star Wars, and even the Hollywood film, Ted.
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