life imitating art imitating life

Check out what these Japanese villagers did with their ricefields. Usually it's art imitating life, but in this case it's living growing things imitating art.

The people of Inakadate Village have been doing this since 1993, and they do different pieces every year. This year it's Hokusai's 富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjūrokkei (Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji). Compare the images below. Quite amazing.





Read more about this on The Japan Times article on their work.