Breath-taking images of sunlight ... years ago. The rice pools are dug deep into the slopes of the mountainous region up to 6,500 feet above sea level. Villagers plant the rice once a year ...

Each year hundreds of volunteers and villagers plant four different varieties of rice in late May across huge swathes of paddy fields. Origins: As described in the accompanying text, the images ...

Though rice paddy artworks are believed to have originated in Japan, these farmers have begun a tradition of creating new pictures each year.

Tanbo Art is made by using various types and colors of rice to create giant pictures in the rice fields. It started back in 1993 as a way to revitalize the rice village of Inakadate, in the area ...

It is an art form that originated in Japan where various types of rice are planted to create images on a paddy field ... no support so he decided to plant rice himself from the seeds he received.