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A large painting of the Mona Lisa appears on a rice paddy in the northern Japanese village of Inakadate in Aomori Prefecture Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. Three different rice species were planted carefully to portray Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece on the rice paddy, awaiting green ears to turn into yellow as the fall gets deepened. Japanese letters read: Rice cultural village of Inakadate. (AP Photo/Atsuhiko Hase, Kyodo News) **JAPAN OUT ONLINE OUT CREDIT MANDATORY**