🐎 Create a Horse GPS Art in Tsugaru’s Rice Paddy Art Area 🗻
Why not create a GPS art shaped like the zodiac animal “Horse” during your travels? This 26-kilometer GPS art course around WINS Tsugaru in Inakadate Village, Aomori Prefecture, offers a unique way to combine movement, art, and local culture. Walking or running through the open landscapes of the Tsugaru Plain, participants can gradually complete a beautifully recognizable horse shape on their GPS map.
WINS Tsugaru is a JRA off-track betting facility well known in the region. It is particularly unique because it also sells tickets for Iwate horse racing, making it a rare place where different horse-racing cultures intersect. With its strong connection to horses, WINS Tsugaru serves as an ideal starting point for a zodiac-themed GPS art course.
Along the course, you will pass a variety of attractions that highlight the charm of Inakadate Village. Roadside Station Inakadate Yayoi no Sato offers local produce and regional flavors, while the village’s Stone Art installations showcase creative expressions rooted in community spirit. The famous Inakadate Rice Paddy Art fields are a major highlight, drawing visitors from across Japan. These large-scale artworks, created by planting different varieties of rice, change their appearance with the seasons and represent the agricultural heritage of the Tsugaru region.
The course also passes near Tambo Art Station and Onoekoko-Mae Station, providing scenic views along the local railway line. These quiet rural stations add a nostalgic atmosphere and allow visitors to experience everyday life in northern Japan.
Historically, the Tsugaru area has been shaped by rice cultivation, with vast flatlands supporting agriculture for centuries. This geography makes the course relatively gentle despite its length, allowing runners and walkers to enjoy a steady pace while focusing on completing the GPS artwork. The wide skies, open fields, and changing light throughout the day enhance the sense of scale unique to this region.
By combining horse culture, rural scenery, and interactive art, this GPS art course offers more than just exercise. It is a journey through the landscape, history, and creativity of Tsugaru—an unforgettable way to draw the zodiac “Horse” across the countryside.
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A PIONEER IN GPS ART.
1st work was authorized by Guinness World Records as “the Largest GPS Drawing”.
He is the only Japanese person to be featured in a Google documentary as an innovator. He is fascinated by the idea of drawing with GPS and has published more than 2,500 works.
