People in Japan aren’t buying as much rice as they used to, and that matters in Niigata prefecture, because rice is a big commodity to them. And they’ve found something to blame: anime. We all know the cliche of the anime girl who’s late for …Read more »
Where would modern anime be without anthropomorphism? In anime series of recent years, boys and girls have been turned into computers, months, aircraft carriers and, perhaps most famously, countries involved in World War II. But starting in April it’s rice rice baby. Love Kome -We …Read more »
Everyone’s getting hype for the new Star Wars film, and that includes rice planters in Aomori Prefecture, who’ve planted this summer’s rice crop to create a giant Star Wars illustration. Villagers from Inakadate planted 11 different kinds of rice to achieve the different colors in …Read more »
Danica Davidson
Matt Schley