Yujiro Ishihara's "Stone Art" exhibition started on June 24 at the second rice field art venue in Aomori/Inakakan.

Stone art is one of the new initiatives that the village has made use of the technology of rice field art. Using the west side of the Yayoi-sato Observatory at the 2nd rice field art venue, last year, pebbles of 4 colors were laid out in a size of about 40 meters long, 12 meters wide in the foreground, and 22 meters deep in the back. Draw Ken.

This year, it was decided to create new stone art on the north side of the observatory, but selection of the theme was difficult. In April, the village chief Takao Suzuki went to Tokyo to speak directly with Ishihara Productions and got the consent to draw "Yujiro Ishihara" on the spot.

The design was selected from Yujiro Ishihara's young bromide collection, which was designated by Ishihara Productions. The one selected by a female employee in her 40s was adopted because Mayor Suzuki had a good eye-catching, Yujiro Ishihara Sanpoi.

The work is about 68 meters long, the width of the front is about 11 meters, and the width of the back is about 30 meters, and it is Mr. Fukushikatsu of the planning and tourism section of the village that "the actual production time was 4 days". .. "A local vendor worked on the lights at night, too, and the cigarette fire is an idea from the vendor, painted with stones painted red," he said. Yujiro Ishihara's work on the stone art itself has been completed, but from now on he will draw a message collected from the viewer who saw the rice field art on the right side.

Mr. Fukushi smiles, "This year, Yujiro Ishihara and Ken Takakura will be lined up with the big stars of the Showa era, and you can also see "Shin Godzilla" of rice field art.

The second rice field art venue is open from 9:00 to 17:00 (last admission = 16:30). From July 16th to August 31st from 8:30 to 18:00 (last admission 17:30). Admission is 300 yen for adults and 100 yen for children (elementary school students). Free for preschoolers.