This is Wara Art by boxcarblue

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This is Wara Art
<center>![3E0C9A97-7F78-475D-BC41-270C3EA0E1F4.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQme9nxTMxSBJy9BSrmfaPLuenyX87y6EQnpFGVx9qohJVz/3E0C9A97-7F78-475D-BC41-270C3EA0E1F4.jpeg)</center>
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## Wara is like hay. It comes from the rice stalks that are left behind after the rice harvest.
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<center>![EFD8E645-0517-4060-8CEF-529FD78D1AF9.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcbFZVaPmeAo6QevdQAumrWzKFnXt2rokwSkwNvDwGrWs/EFD8E645-0517-4060-8CEF-529FD78D1AF9.jpeg)</center>
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## Wara once had many uses in Japan, from making hats and shoes to making brooms and thatching roofs.
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<center>![77E2650F-4417-43B0-BF3A-B7E19D19C0EE.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQPke32J3kp61eagrg7SHZeMnKhCVYV3mVsb9ZfnykLst/77E2650F-4417-43B0-BF3A-B7E19D19C0EE.jpeg)</center>
###### <center>A panorama of the park, taken from the playground and barbecue area near the park’s entrance. </center>
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## These days, it is often left behind to enrich the soil of the rice paddies.
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<center>![C5D9EEFD-3BC6-4C80-B913-56CAC422D3DA.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaBr7G7aosLKAgKzw8WZNzT1WghJXjURNnFLHWewhywNy/C5D9EEFD-3BC6-4C80-B913-56CAC422D3DA.jpeg)</center>
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## But sometimes it gets put to great use like this.
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<center>![22AA9C71-FDAC-4838-8C40-C3892CF16226.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZaRRJ8csgegjXqbmGLgzCUUY3PSX3k8w7vT5BtMSKgtu/22AA9C71-FDAC-4838-8C40-C3892CF16226.jpeg)</center>
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##### For more information on the annual Wara Art Festival that takes place at Niigata’s Uwasekigata Park, and for more pictures as well, please check out the following post by @kafkanarchy: https://steemit.com/unschooling/@kafkanarchy84/wara-art-in-niigata-prefecture-a-staple-of-niigata-culture
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<center>![1DEFB6DD-F305-4496-800C-09B985B67E17.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTdms8dF6gbvbChwEjUZGCUZ9Czqm33onp8Dpi5dee4bi/1DEFB6DD-F305-4496-800C-09B985B67E17.jpeg)</center>
###### <center>A picture of the field of cosmos flowers near the park’s welcome center. </center>
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<center>**Image Credits:** *All images are original*</center>
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@funbobby51 · 
that's very cool, I see farmers there have also learned that tourists pay better than crops.
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@boxcarblue · 
Well, I don’t know how much the farmers benefit from the tourists, but the area definitely seems to be. Every year, I notice a new restaurant or shop of some kind opens up on the perimeter of the park. Plus, some of the local hot spring resorts are making weekend packages with bus tours to the park. It’s definitely a good thing.
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@funbobby51 ·
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you should forget rental units buy a few acres of farmland and put up a corn maze if they don't have one yet.
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@maxinpower · 
Never been there but now I have a new place which I need to check out
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@haikubot · 
<em>Never been there but 
Now I have a new place which 
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@boxcarblue · 
Definitely. There’s a nice little park for the kids, and a good walkway over the pond there. Plus, this year, a farmer has put goats out to pasture near the playground, so kids can feed and pet them. It’s a great day trip.
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@old-guy-photos · 
These are 100 % awesome!!
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@boxcarblue · 
Yeah. I look forward to this event every year!
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@ackhoo · 
Wow... they are huge!  I can't imagine coming upon one of these in an open field and wondering how on earth it got there... lol.  Might be fun though, hahaha!
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@boxcarblue · 
Now you have a new project for all of your free time;) 

That would be wild finding one of these in the middle of nowhere without explanation.
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@papa-pepper · 
Very cool! That artwork is amazing, and the cosmos look just like some that we have grown around here.
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@boxcarblue · 
I was trying to remember is there were Cosmos in the States or not. I don’t really remember ever seeing them in NY State, but that doesn’t mean they don’t grow there. In Japan, Cosmos are a very popular fall flower, and you can find fields of them that people visit, walk through, take pictures in, and have picnics nearby.
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