Photos show rural Aomori town’s continuing tradition of artistic agriculture with convenient access for travelers.
Inakadate
Japanese town’s beautiful rice paddy art salutes Osamu Tezuka anime characters, Audrey Hepburn
-
Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2018 - Tweet
- Japan
- (agriculture • anime • Aomori • Astro Boy • cool • farming • Inakadate • manga • Osamu Tezuka • rice • rice field art • rice paddy art)
Aomori volunteer firefighter arrested for starting fires so he could fight them
-
Master Blaster
Nov 16, 2015
In the small town of Inakadate, Shota Kawasaki was both employed at a straw-crafts workshop and a member of his local volunteer fire department. However, this village of 8,000 people was far more famous for its rice paddy art than fires breaking out, and while making straw art is charming in its own way, it can get to be a drag day in and day out.
That’s why Aomori prefectural police are suspecting Kawasaki of starting a series of fires over the past six months; so that he could allegedly feel the rush of putting them out.
MOST POPULAR
Now
- Secret hot spring onsen in Japan is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered by tourists
- What’s the most popular way to prepare Japan’s beloved breakfast dish, Tamago Kake Gohan?
- Discovered: An even better way to open Japanese convenience store rice balls【Video】
- Japanese Prime Minister once criticized deploying military to fight Godzilla
- Sip with Snorlax – Clever drinkware design creates Pokémon in your glass with every pour【Pics】
- American teenage tourist arrested on suspicion of arson in Tokyo during family trip
- Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new holiday goods at Reserve Roastery Tokyo
- Blue Bottle Coffee now offering traditional sweet bean gelatin cake at stores across Japan
- Hello Kitty shows up at Baskin-Robins Japan for 50th birthday party with special sweets and merch
- Sephiroth in real life? How to unsheathe a massive 6.8-foot samurai sword
Weekly
- Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】
- American gun owner opens our eyes to a different way of life in Tokyo
- Japanese communities giving their skylines a spring clean and saying goodbye to power lines
- New Akita Inu and Hachiko marshmallows are the best and squishiest souvenirs from Japan
- Burger King Japan creates Kyoto Whopper, its most Japanese burger ever, with Kyoto rice merchant
- Starbucks Japan unveils new Holiday goods for 2024
- Sip with Snorlax – Clever drinkware design creates Pokémon in your glass with every pour【Pics】
- Totoro stamp collection lets you add adorable Ghibli touches to cards and letters【Photos】
- Overwhelmed by modern social media? Japanese company is bringing back pagers with an emoji-twist
- Discovered: An even better way to open Japanese convenience store rice balls【Video】
Monthly
- Studio Ghibli releases new insect whistle necklace from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Nintendo’s controller capsule toys are so cool, even the machine you buy them from is awesome【Pics】
- Totoro sequel anime Mei and the Baby Catbus will screen at Ghibli Park this winter
- Tokyo Disneyland loses top-attendance crown for Japanese theme parks for second year in a row
- Starbucks Japan unveils Halloween Frappuccino for 2024, and it’s like drinking a magic spell
- Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno returning to anime with new project for 50-year-old franchise
- Studio Ghibli releases new Howl’s Moving Castle goods that capture the magic from the anime movie
- Adult Jam Bread causes a stir at store in Tokyo
- What’s the deal with akebi, the perfectly purple, alien-like fruit that’s in season now in Japan?
- Kyoto becomes City of Yokai, with Night Parade of One Hundred Demons festival this autumn
Yearly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
- [Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
RECOMMENDED STORIES
- American teenage tourist arrested on suspicion of arson in Tokyo during family trip
- Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new holiday goods at Reserve Roastery Tokyo
- Blue Bottle Coffee now offering traditional sweet bean gelatin cake at stores across Japan
- Hello Kitty shows up at Baskin-Robins Japan for 50th birthday party with special sweets and merch
- Sephiroth in real life? How to unsheathe a massive 6.8-foot samurai sword
- Genuine Muramasa blade and Muromachi katana on display at Tokyo’s Touken Ranbu store【Photos】
- Japan has a special foil for roasting sweet potatoes at home, and it’s like having a time machine
- McDonald’s Japan’s new Pokémon Happy Meal toys are better than ever
- How to power up the coolest cheap souvenir from Nintendo’s official shop with a trip to Daiso
- We take the Toyota i-Road electric vehicle out for a spin, find out it’s awesome 【Video】
- Studio Ghibli releases The Boy and the Heron merchandise in Japan【Pics】
- Japan gets a new Fanta for a limited time
- “Denki Anma”: The Japanese traditional torment that you’ll be glad stays in Japan
-
Categories
Archives