On May 18, Aomori-Inakadate-mura announced the design of the 2017 rice field art theme "Yamatano Orochi and Susano Onomikoto".

This year's 25th rice field art in the same village. Due to its delicate pattern and high artistry, it has attracted attention not only from within Japan but also from abroad. In the past, he has drawn such things as "Star Wars", "Shin Godzilla" and "Sanada Maru".

This year's theme is a scene in which Susano Onomikoto confronts Yamatano Orochi from the Japanese mythology "Yamatano Orochi Legend" at the 1st rice field art venue, and at the 2nd rice field art venue, Momotaro who took a dog, monkey and pheasant from the fairy tale eradicates demons. It became a scene toward.

The design of rice field art was created by Mr. Atsushi Yamamoto, a prefectural school teacher and an art teacher who lives in the village. When planting rice, image processing using the perspective method is applied to the pattern, and it is processed so that it becomes three-dimensional from the observatory. The first rice field art venue will be planted on June 4, and the best time to see it is after mid-July.

The design of the second rice field art venue is scheduled to be announced in early June.