Amazing Rice Paddy Art Brings Tourists Back in Japan’s Village

Art is the perfect tool to boost tourism in a place. It is the reason why many buildings, villages were not demolished. We’ve seen different mediums of art being used for different purposes, but what we’re about to see now is completely different.

As part of a revitalization project in the early 90s, a Japanese village, Inakadate, decided to use large-scale rice paddy art .  Using seven different kinds of rice as their color palette, they managed to pull out the craziest designs ever seen.

Over a thousand local volunteers come together each year to help with the planting process, which usually takes about three months. Over the course of of time, the designs have evolved in complexity and now draw hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.

The designs for each year are chosen in a conference held every April. When the theme is set, the village officials make basic digital mockups, which are defined by the local art teachers. Then markers come in handy to map out each drawing before the planting begins.

Each 15,000-square-meter mural often celebrates local heritage and folklore, such as this year’s designs, which depict the legend of Yamata no Orochi (the eight-forked serpent) facing off against the Shinto god of sea and storms, Susanno.

h/t: [Colossal, Great Big Story]

23 Y.O. Daughter Who Lives At Her Dad’s House Rent-Free “Exposes” Him On Social Media For Excluding Her From Family Vacation By Not Buying Her A Plane Ticket

Each parent has a different parenting style. With each parenting style comes a different way of showing a misbehaving child their wrongdoing, along with a different way of correcting such wrongdoings.

This father had a very terrible daughter. In his post in the Am I The A-Hole subreddit, he began by describing his daughter as someone who had a bad attitude and barely made it through high school. This is in contrast with her younger sister, who was the cream of the crop. To reward the younger, he thought of taking her on a fully-paid vacation. When the older heard of it, she wanted to come but agreed that she would pay her expenses. Come the day of the trip, the older hadn’t paid for her trip yet because she assumed that her father would vouch for her. Follow the full story below!

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This father is asking if he was wrong for not fully paying for her daughter’s vacation




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The father received split reactions from those who believed he did nothing wrong and those who believed he practiced favoritism.









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