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Straw beasts of Japan
Every autumn in Japan, following the annual rice harvest, lots of rice straw is left behind to be hung and dried. While that straw is traditionally used to thatch roofs, some people team up to use it and the same thatching technique to construct awesome straw sculptures ..
See them here: tp://kotaku.com/japans-straw-beasts-are-huge-wonderful-and-highly-fl-1443800882
