Tambo Rice Paddy field Arts – Japan

In these pictures you can see large paintings of colorful rice plants in large paddy fields.  In Japanese it is called “tambo”.  This marvelous painting began in the village of Inakadate in the “Aomori” district of Japan.  That was with the regional economic revival of Japan in 1993.  The villagers built a 22-meter high tower in the village to view the painting.  The painting is set in two paddy fields of the village, one of which is a massive paddy field of about 1.5 hectares with a height of 143 meters.  These giant rice plants are used for painting and are edible as well as specialty.  There are also many varieties of ancient rice.  For this purpose, 10 varieties of ornamental rice are used and they come in seven colors.

 They are green, yellowish green, yellow, dark purple, white, orange and red.

 Paintings are created each year with specific themes, and the theme for 2017 is Japanese fairy tales and Japanese legends.  Below is a list of works made in the last few years.

 2003 – The famous Mona Lisa painting

 2004 – “Two Bodhisattvas and Shakamuni Buddha” and two paintings by Queen Mountain God

 2005 – “Othani Oniji” and the Love Section Poem

 2006 – Fujin and Rajin are two characters

 2007 – Mount Fujiyama

 2008 – Character of the Daikokuten

 2009 – Army Commander Napoleon

 2010 – Yoshitsunu and Benkai characters in Koramagawa’s victory

 2011 – The story of a bamboo cutter

 2012 – Goddess Kannon and Akala

 2013 – Geisha Woman and Marilyn Monroe

 2014 – Characters from the Sasai Sun anime

 2015 – Star Wars Story

 2016 – Godzilla

 2017 – Yamata no Orochi, a mythical creature

 2018 – Roman Holiday Movie and Astronaut Boy Art

 2019 – Inakadate Mura

 First, they decide on a particular image, often selecting characters from Japanese legends, famous movie characters or anime stories.  Then sprinkle the seed with the same color and get the plants of the same color separately.  Then, with the help of the image, the outlines of the painting are scored in the mud with the help of ropes and ropes throughout the field.  Then in June, small plants are planted in the respective colors of each section.  A large number of people are participating in the event and the entire planting is done with the help of Japanese hands, not manually.  The colorful rice plants can be seen in the painting until October, but July-August is the time when the painting is well, vividly and most beautifully visualized.

 It is reported that more than 350,000 tourists flock to Inakaday every year to see these colorful rice plants.Today the art of rice plants is spread from the village of Incadata to Japan, and countries such as Korea and Taiwan are very interested in this art.