Rice field art depicting a dove, the symbol of peace, has appeared in a rice field in front of the Osako Community Center in Yakuno-cho, Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, and it is now at its peak.
Since 2005, the Imoyama Club, a group of mountain climbing enthusiasts, has been cultivating an ancient rice yamochi rice cake with five colors of black, white, green, yellow, and red rice growing in about 9 acres of paddy fields in an effort to revitalize the area. Planting rice seedlings.
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to drag on, we chose the image of a pigeon flying into the sky with a heart in its mouth, expressing our wishes for world peace. In early June, about 50 people, including Fukuchiyama Public University students who visited for classes, planted the seedlings.
From the community center on a hill, visitors can clearly see the shapes of hearts and doves set against the idyllic countryside by the different colors of the rice ears, and visitors are taking photos of them.
Chairman Tsunehiro Iio (80 years old) said, ``I want as many people as possible to enjoy the Peace Pigeon.After harvesting, I want everyone to eat delicious rice.''
