From Pink Tentacle’s “Rice paddy art in Yamagata”:
In the Yamagata prefecture town of Yonezawa, an image of 16th-17th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu has appeared in a field near the Onogawa hot spring. The samurai, whose image is based on a portrait housed at the nearby Uesugi Museum, appears along with a pair of fireflies and the kanji characters for “Love” and “Tenchijin,” the name of an NHK drama about Naoe Kanetsugu that will air next year. The rice will be harvested in October.
This year marks the third time that crop art has been grown in Yonezawa.
I wonder if I could grow a crop that advertised ‘The One’… hmm. I have had students who used an overgrown patch of lawn on the school yard to create a giant smiley-face via traditional stalk-folding techniques – inspired primarily by a National Geographic documentary that I’ve now discovered is online:
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By the way, check out Richard’s ’skeptical look’ on the offical site:
Richard Saunders has more than 10 years experience researching claims of the paranormal in his role as past President, current Vice President and Life Member of Australian Skeptics.He is known internationally not only as a sceptic but also as a children’s author having written and co-written more than 28 children’s books, many of those on origami.
He is a regular on the international lecture circuit, and in June 2008, is an invited speaker at TAM6 (The Amazing Meeting 6) the world’s largest sceptic convention in Las Vegas, along with guests such as The Myth Busters, Penn & Teller and James Randi. In August he will attend Dragon*Con, the world’s largest Sci-Fi and Fantasy convention in Atlanta, also as an invited speaker.
He first appeared on Australian television in 1988 to promote his books and has been featured on such children’s shows as Wombat on Channel Seven. He appears regularly as a sceptical commentator on Today Tonight, Sunrise, Radio 2GB, 2UE and ABC702. Richard has worked as a television and film extra, appearing in the background of programs such as All Saints, Home and Away and the new feature film Australia.
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Has to be time traveling aliens! Who else but time traveling aliens would known what a 16th century samurai looked like? QED.
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