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Inakadate Village

Rice-code

Agency: Hakuhodo

Description

A small village in northeast Japan famous for rice, Inakadate, was struggling with aging and declining population along with drop in rice sales. To save the village, we created huge art pictures in rice fields. We then developed a new technology called "rice-code," which let visitors scan the rice art with their phones like a QR code and purchase the rice. "rice-code" transformed a scene into a brand new selling place. The project successfully attracted 251,320 visitors, about 30 times the population of the village and sales jumped dramatically. Ground, the men’s most primitive outdoor media, became the newest.
Technical Advisor: Akihiro Okada / Ants Inc.
technical Director: Hirochika Matsuo / Shake Inc.

This professional campaign titled 'Rice-code' was published in Japan in June, 2014. It was created for the brand: Inakadate Village, by ad agency: Hakuhodo. This Ambient medium campaign is related to the Industrial, Agriculture industry and contains 1 media asset. It was submitted almost 10 years ago.

Credits

Advertising Agency: Hakuhodo, Tokyo, Japan
Executive Creative Directors: Kazuhiro Suda, Airo Takanohashi
Creative Director: Takahiro Eguchi
Copywriters: Masako Shimizu, Kei Nakamura
Designer: Keita Kojima
Project Curator: Masateru Kametani
Project Producer: Takatoshi Asari / Inakadate Village Office
production Producers: Takehito Shina, Koki Yamaguchi / Nippon Movie
Editor: Tomohiro Matsumoto / Root Works

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