Visiting Hokkaido’s adorable and awesome Asahikawa rice paddy art【Photos】

Visiting Hokkaido’s adorable and awesome Asahikawa rice paddy art【Photos】

Mascot characters, a hometown hero, and creative ice cream make this a great place to pull over in Japan’s northernmost prefecture. Once you get out of the city centers, Hokkaido Prefecture has some of the most expansively wide-open spaces in all of Japan. But if you’re driving through the rural farmland of the town of Asahikawa right now, at one spot you’ll probably notice more cars parked than at the average field in the area. This is the park…