No, it’s not a new Japanese kaiju movie, but an increasingly common annual art festival of animals woven from rice straw after the harvest.
The straw used to go to things like tatami mats, but with plastic and wood being used instead, all that straw needs to be used for something. So, of course, the Japanese hit on giant critters.
Very cool.
Giant Straw Animals Invade Japanese Fields After Rice Harvest And They Are Absolutely Badass
Fall is a season of harvesting, and festivals to celebrate it are currently taking place all over the world. In Northern Japan, the Wara Art Festival recently rang in the September-October rice season, and it’s a wildly inventive and fun way to repurpose rice straw left over from the harvest.
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