Kobe illumination event kicks off

Kobe illumination event kicks off

A spectator forms a heart shape with hands at the Kobe Luminarie light festival, held to commemorate victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in the western Japan port city of Kobe, on Dec. 2, 2016, its opening day. The event will be held through Dec. 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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