In Kikugawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, "Rice Paddy Art", which depicts the youkai "Amabie", which is said to contain the plague, on paddy fields with rice of various colors such as green and brown, is entertaining visitors.
This rice field art is carried out every year by the executive committee of a local farmer, and in the 1600 square meter rice field in Shimouchida, Kikugawa City, there are eight different colors of the youkai "Amabie" that are said to contain the plague, such as green and brown. It was drawn using the ancient rice of.
Last year, a scene from a picture book created by Yuki Omura (23 at the time), who was born in the city and was sacrificed in the Kyoto Animation arson incident, was drawn. It means that it was designed by the students of.
Visitors wished for the end of the new coronavirus while watching the colorfully drawn "Amabie" that looked like a beautiful mermaid from the top of the 6-meter-high yagura set up at the venue. ..
Mr. Tadashi Ikeda, Chairman of the Rice Field Art Kikugawa Executive Committee, said, "I put the thought of overcoming Corona. I want many people to see it."
The rice paddy art in Kikugawa can be seen on Saturdays and Sundays, and on public holidays from the top of the yagura, and it seems that you can enjoy it until mid-August.