Young Japanese farmer creates icosahedron with rice bundles

Mr. Tsuchiya poses in his 5-meter long icosahedron made of rice bundles in Fukushima.

Mr. Tsuchiya poses in his 5-meter long icosahedron made of rice bundles in Fukushima.

FUKUSHIMA, Oct. 21 ― Autumn is the season when rice is hung to dry.

So Naoshi Tsuchiya used golden rice bundles to create an icosahedron, like a giant soccer ball, in the rice paddy fields.

“Bundles of rice stalks hung out to dry is a symbol of co-existence between humans and rice,” says the 34-year old Japanese rice farmer.

Tsuchiya manages 18 hectares of rice paddy fields. A harvested rice field at the end of growing season is symbolically centered in Inawashiro, Fukushima prefecture.

Tsuchiya stresses that rice to be hung to dry is a unique cultural scenery in rural areas in Japan and said with a big smile, “I hope people enjoy my object.”

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