And You Thought Painting Took a Long Time? Try Growing Your Art.

I love art and I love food. There's no better way to enjoy both than to grow food that turns into art. Each year the residents of Inakadate, Japan work together to plant their crops so they'll grow in patterns visible only from above. They do this by planting different varieties of rice, and as the harvest matures, the leaves fill in their colors and the end results are larger than life paintings.

If you want to see them, better hurry before the hungry villagers decide sustenance is more important than art!

Tags: art, japan, painting, rice

Add a Comment

You need to be a member of My Modern Metropolis to add comments!

Join My Modern Metropolis

Comment by Yuko on September 8, 2008 at 7:38am: Woooow. I've never seen or heard of this before. It's awesome!!!

Comment by Annie on September 7, 2008 at 9:39pm: wow...seriously how do they come up with this stuff?! really truly amazing...

Comment by Eugene on September 6, 2008 at 10:48am: wow...that's awesome. nice post!

Comment by PANDA JU on September 6, 2008 at 1:00am: anal retention + boredom + creativity = amazing

Comment by alice on September 6, 2008 at 12:28am: this is great, hun! awesome post.