The “Winter rice field art 2017” in Akamori/Inakadate village started to light up on February 10th, and the crowd is bustling with visitors.

The rice paddy art in the village is gaining popularity as a major tourist content in the summer, but since the rice paddy site was not used in winter, the art was started as a new utilization method last year.

Continuing from last year, Simon Beck, a British snow artist who is active in the world, took on the challenge. Draw a geometric pattern with footsteps wearing snowshoes on an unexplored snowfield. The second rice field art venue (Inakadate Village, Minamitsugaru-gun), which is the venue, is 70 meters long and 160 meters wide (1.5 times the size of a soccer field), and is said to have been produced by walking more than 40 kilometers a day.

Mr. Takatoshi Asari of the planning and tourism section of the village said, “There were 3232 visitors as of 17:00 on the 11th. In winter rice field art, it was already the highest number of visitors in the past day, and summer rice field art was the highest. The momentum is likely to reach the number of people." "The lighting up makes the shadows stronger and looks more beautiful than during the day, so there may be more visitors at night," he said.

Holding time is from 10:00 to 17:00. Light-up time is from 17:00 to 21:00. Admission is 300 yen for adults (junior high school students and above), 100 yen for children (elementary school students), and free for elementary school students and younger. Until the 12th of this month.