Rice paddy art

With the paddy as a canvas, the villagers cultivated and used four different types[3] of heirloom and modern strains of rice to create a giant picture in the field.

Both places charge admission fees, while visitors are encouraged to take bus serving both location 1 and 2 to avoid traffic jam.

[4] In August 2015, a video camera was installed for both locations and started live stream the art,[5] and they were registered on Google Street View the same year.

In 2008, it was planned to change the lower part of the field to include the logos of Japan Airlines and To-o Nippo, a local newspaper, for a reported 2 million yen to offset increased costs.

The members of the local landowners' organization, along with the former mayor, protested, saying that the land would not be leased from the following year if the plan to display advertising logos was not abandoned.