Amazing Rice Fields of Japan

If your childhood was anything like mine, your parents and teachers spent a lot of time working with you not only on your ABC’s, but on some really nifty arts and craft projects as well. I remember dying dried macaroni and gluing it to paper in patterns or stringing it together to make necklaces and holiday decorations. We used to smear peanut butter on pinecones to make bird feeders. There were, literally, dozens of ways to turn things we would normally eat into crafty creations.