rice plants, ricefields, Japanese oiran, Marilyn Monroe, in Inakadate town, Aomori prefecture. 水稻, 稻田, 日本花魁, 瑪麗蓮·夢露

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An aerial view of several kinds of rice plants designed to depict a Japanese oiran, or traditional courtesan, left, and actress Marilyn Monroe at ricefields in Inakadate town, Aomori prefecture. The annual event, known as ‘Tanbo art’, or ricefield art, is a project in which people plant different kinds of rice to create a giant picture in ricefields.
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 People stand near an image of Marilyn Monroe on a rice filed in Inakadatemura, Aomori prefecture, Japan. The art is made from nine rice species with seven different colors. (Kyodo News)
Pictures of the Week: 07.14 – 07.20 2013 | CLIK/HEAR | Multimedia, photography, video showcase of The Palm Beach Post http://clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/2013/potw/pictures-of-the-week-07-14-07-20-2013/

Giant image of Marilyn Monroe striking her iconic white dress pose is grown in Japanese RICE field | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2372116/Giant-image-Marilyn-Monroe-striking-iconic-white-dress-pose-grown-Japanese-RICE-field.html

Oiran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiran
花魁 (日本) - 維基百科，自由的百科全書 http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8A%B1%E9%AD%81_(%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC)
Courtesan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesan
交際花 - 維基百科，自由的百科全書 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%A4%E9%9A%9B%E8%8A%B1
Geisha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha
藝妓 - 維基百科，自由的百科全書 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%9D%E5%A6%93

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