Huge illumination corridor lit in Kobe

Huge illumination corridor lit in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A 270-meter-long stretch of lights, containing 240,000 electric lamps, is test lit Dec. 7 in Kobe's Chuo Ward, western Japan. The lights, to shine Dec. 12-25, are to pray for the repose of the souls of the victims of the 1995 Kobe earthquake and for the restoration of the quake-devastated districts.

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