Big illumination corridor lit in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A 270-meter-long stretch of illuminations, containing 200,000 electric lamps, has been set up at Kobe's Chuo Ward to pray for the repose of the souls of the victims of the 1995 great earthquake in Kobe and surrounding areas and for the restoration of the quake-devastated areas. Photo shows a test lighting on Dec. 9. Some 4.5 million people are expected to visit the stretch in the Dec. 13-26 period when the illuminations will be on.

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