Fields of Rice Dreams

Better than a corn maze, yet far from a Hokusai.

From CBS News...

Up close, the stalks of rice look like any other found in a rice paddy. [T]here are several varieties planted here, each with different colored leaves. Combine them together and an enormous 15,000 square foot image is revealed.

Every year, a local art teacher produces a computerized sketch. It's transferred onto a grid, and mapped with thousands of dots. It's then painstakingly recreated - point by point onto the rice field. Then, it's a family affair as villagers of all generations join in to hand-plant each rice shoot. Three months later, the rice field of dreams comes alive in sweeping images.