The latest issue of Far East Magazine (published by the Missionary Society of St Columban) features a fascinating article by Fr Eamonn Horgan SSC on Japanese Rice Art. Of particular interest is the impressive depiction of Napoleon Bonaparte (after David) which stretches across an entire rice field in Inakadate, Japan. The highly detailed process involves mapping out a design and then planting different types of rice to create the different shades visible in the images.
Click here for the image of Napoleon.
Click here for the article (external link).