On April 26th, Aomori and Inakadatemura announced the theme of rice field art in 2016 as "From Sanadamaru, Mitsunari Ishida and Masayuki Sanada" and "Shin Godzilla".

The rice paddy art in the village is so popular that it is highly regarded overseas because of its finely drawn paintings and high artistry, and last year it was “Gone with the wind” and “Awakening of Star Wars/Force”. , Was the topic of the old and new movies. In the past, the theme was "Ultraman," "Sazae-san," "Mazinger Z."

This year's theme is "From Sanada Maru Ishida Mitsunari and Masayuki Sanada" (1st rice field art venue) and Toho movie "Shin Godzilla" (2nd venue) scheduled to be released on July 29th. .. "Sanada Maru" is said to depict Mitsunari Ishida played by Koji Yamamoto and Masayuki Sanada played by Masao Kuskari in the NHK Taiga drama.

"Shin Godzilla" is the latest work in the Godzilla series produced by Toho for the first time in 12 years. Hideaki Anno, the creator of the popular anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is the general director, Hiromi Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara. Sanra will appear.

In both cases, the designs actually drawn were not released, and only the theme was announced. The person in charge said, "It is difficult to make public until both plants are planted."

From now on, the first rice field art venue will have a rice planting experience on May 29, and the second venue will be rice planting for the opening on June 18. The best time to see rice field art is from mid-July to mid-August.