A giant ukiyo-e print image made of some 30,000 apples has been put on display before a Japanese castle in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, the nation's leading Apple-producing city.
Using five different colors of apples, the image of a famous woodblock print work by ukiyo-e master Toshusai Sharaku was created in a 17-meters-by-9-meters case by the city's citizens for the Hirosaki Castle Chrysanthemum and Autumn Foliage Festival being held in the northeastern Japan city.Apples used for the iconic piece titled "The Actor Otani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei" will be squeezed for juice after the displa…READ FULL ARTICLE
