artful rice cultivation

Inakadate Aomori (map included), http://www.google.com/search?q=Inakadate+of+Aomori+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

official local government site, http://www.vill.inakadate.aomori.jp/
 
photos & summary, http://www.hemmy.net/2007/09/23/rice-field-art/ 

On YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEr3FLAxmHU&feature=related
Rice paddy and removal news, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sfXWlytS1k

"Rice Paddy Art" (video list) for YouTube
example, 2009 rice paddy art , [The theme : Warlords & Napoleon]