Japanese farmers created these elaborate murals in the rice paddies of Inakadate. The images of Napoleon and a Sengoku warrior may look like paint, but they are really made of four different colored rice varieties, strategically and carefully arranged into patterns. The crop art came into full bloom during July, but the seeds for the project had been planted months before.
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Some crop artworks can also be seen in other rice-farming areas of Japan:
