Giant Mona Lisa replica created with 24,000 rice crackers in Japan

A giant Mona Lisa replica was created Sunday with 24,000 "sembei" rice crackers in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, successfully winning recognition as the world's largest mosaic made of rice crackers.In a bid to promote local specialty "Soka Sembei" abroad, some 200 residents of the city north of Tokyo had taken part in the creation at a gymnasium since Saturday, using the sembei in seven different colors -- in flavors of soy sauce, matcha green tea, sugar and others -- to resemble the shade and shadow of the Renaissance masterpiece.The final pieces were placed Sunday by the mayor and others, fin…READ FULL ARTICLE