Godzilla - Toho's legendary atomic, fire-breathing monster and the subject of the upcoming film Godzilla Resurgence - has appeared in another unlikely place: as an enormous piece of artwork in a rice paddy in the village of Inakadate in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

The rice paddy art uses 9 varieties of rice seedlings to produce the 7 colors needed to recreate the look and texture of the Big G. The rice was planted during June of 2016 through the combined effort of some 250 people, including volunteers from local high school and kindergarten classes. Inakadate mayor Takao Suzuki, rice cultivator Kouji Sasaki, and paddy art designer Hiroshi Kudo (among others) were on-hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony that unveiled the results of the project on July 13, 2016.

Inakadate began creating annual rice paddy artwork in 1993 as a means of revitalizing the village. Some other subjects for the village's efforts include Ultraman in 2014 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.

Godzilla Resurgence (known as Shin Gojira in Japan) is directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. The film hits theaters in Japan on July 29, 2016.

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