2026年4月30日、村が、田んぼに幽霊を描いた。April 30, 2026 — A village painted a ghost in its rice paddy.

Inakadate, a village in southern Aomori Prefecture, continues each year to make 'tanbo art' — giant pictures created in its rice paddies by planting rice of different colors. The subject at the first site in 2026 is a pair of ghost paintings dedicated to Kudo-ji temple in Hirosaki. The display opened on June 1 and runs until October 12. The pictures are clearest once the rice has grown, usually from mid-July to mid-August. The second site depicts the local Aomori idol group Ringo Musume, and a separate 'stone art' portrait of the writer Osamu Dazai, made by arranging stones, is due to be completed around July. Admission is 300 yen for those in junior high school and above, and 100 yen for elementary-school children. The nearest stop to the second site's viewing platform is Tanbo Art Station on the Konan Railway, a one-minute walk away.