KOBE LUMINARIE 2018
Winter illuminations around Christmas and New Year have become a popular attraction in cities across Japan.
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Kobe Luminarie is an annual winter light-up held in memory of the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Now running for over 20 years, the event takes place in the vicinity of Motomachi Station on the JR Kobe Line starting at the Former Foreign Settlement and extending to Higashi Yuenchi Park.
A festival of light, which has been held in December every year since 1995 as a memorial and requiem of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and to pray for recovery of the town. It began eleven months after the Kobe Earthquake in 1995 with the hope to give courage and greatly inspire the people of Kobe. Because there was a strong desire for continuation after its conclusion, it became an annual event symbolizing the hope of Kobe citizens.
Geometric illuminations decorate the squares and streets, and during the festival a corridor of light called the Galleria runs through Nakamachi-dori street. In its heyday the festival attracted more than 5 million visitors but in recent years, due to energy-saving policies and a shortened festival period, it draws between 3 and 3.5 Million.
Kobe Luminarie is an Italian designed light festival. “Luminarie” is the plural form of Italian word “luminaria” that stands for Illumination with miniature bulbs.
Which all places this type of Luminaire is displayed?
Many places, most famous are in tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe and Osaka. Each of these have different theme and reasons.
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