Japanese Instagram Users Are Sharing Photos Of Fallen Leaves Artworks . They’re Pretty Stunning!

Instagram users over at the Land of the Rising Sun are sharing with us some photos of amazing artworks made with fallen leaves. Yes, you read that right – fallen leaves!

Who would’ve thought that leaves can be a medium for art, right?

Most of us would have simply swept those leaves away and threw them into the dumpsters but apparently, some locals thought they made interesting materials for creating pieces of art.

The Japanese are calling this new trend as “ochiba art” which literally translates to “fallen leaf art” and we’re absolutely mindblown with the stuff they came up with. They’ve gathered and combined leaves of different colors and shapes to produce these “transient masterpieces,” as RocketNews24 describes them.

We really can’t help but admire the patience and attention to details. Go scroll down and see for yourself:

1. Winnie The Pooh

2. These patterns are simply mesmerizing.

3. Roses made of leaves.

4. My Neighbor Totoro!

5. A wonderful arrangement of yellow leaves.

6. A fire-breathing dragon.

7. Pikachu of Pokemon fame.

8. Truly impressive!

9. A heart made of leaves.

10. Not sure if this is a peace sign or a Christmas wreath. But it looks awesome!

11. Nice pattern!

12. Hello Kitty.

13. Kids really love Totoro.

14. Looks like a peacock to me.

15. Combining sand and leaf art.

16. Love is all you need.

17. Cute butterfly!

18. Another leaf art combined with sand drawing.

19. The ever-iconic Smiley!

20. Hearts, hearts everywhere.