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(Japanese: 富嶽三十六景; Fugaku Sanjū-Rokkei)
Pimp my rice paddyArt In Everyday Life
Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety.
Note: All photos expand when clicked.
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The Harvest
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More rice paddy art and more.
Time lapse photography of the 2004 harvest (and link to others.)
h/t Salon.
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