Since 1993, the 8,700 people living in the village of
Inakadate, Japan have planted fields with plant four
different varieties of rice to form pictures.  Each
year, 150,000 visitors come to Inakadate to see this
art agricultural artistry.

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A Sengoku warrior on horseback has been created from
hundreds of thousands of rice plants, the colors
created by using different varieties.
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. . The enormous pictures of Napoleon and a Sengoku-period warrior, both on horseback, are visible in a pair of fields adjacent to the town hall.

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It’s a pity these pictures only last as long as
the next harvest the rice.
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. . Each year hundreds of volunteers and villagers plant four different varieties of rice in late May across huge swathes of paddy fields. . . . . . .

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Here is the complete, two field picture that shows
the results of the above three picture's planting.

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. . This picture shows three of the four varieties of rice used in this agricultural art.