'Kobe Luminarie' starts for two-week run

'Kobe Luminarie' starts for two-week run

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 18. The event has been held every year since 1996 for the memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and in hopes for reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity. Some 5 million people are expected to visit the event, which will run until Dec. 21.

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