14th 'Kobe Luminarie' event begins in central Kobe

14th 'Kobe Luminarie' event begins in central Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Some 200,000 electric bulbs are lit up for the 'Kobe Luminarie' event in central Kobe on Dec. 4. The event, running through Dec. 15, was set up in 1996 in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and for the reconstruction of Kobe and its vicinity.

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