intrestingfactsandstories For the last decade Hirotaka Hamasaki, a Japanese art teacher has swept the fallen leaves and petals on his school playground in a design of popular charcters. Hamasaki started this land art project while looking for simple ways to get students into developing a love for art. Although Hamasaki’s creations were looked over at first by his students, they now look forward to them, and even make character requests.