Thursday, November 29, 2012

冬の風物詩(fuyu no fuubutsushi) 1 Special Attractions of Winter



神戸ルミナリエ(koobe luminarie)


 Kobe Luminarie(こうべ ルミナリエ)first started eleven months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 with the hope to give courage and greatly inspire the people of Kobe, and the event has become an annual festival as a reminder and symbol of the city's recovery from the disaster.

 The lights were donated by the Italian Government and the installation itself is produced by Valerio Festi and Hirokazu Imaokad.

 This year, it will be held from Dec.6th to Dec. 17th. For more information (in Japanese), visit www.kobe-luminarie.jp. (In English) http://www.ryuusenkaku.jp/english/kobe_luminarie.html




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