Kobe 'Luminarie' illuminations

KOBE, Japan - Kobe ''Luminarie'' illumination event begins Dec. 1, 2011, in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan. The annual event, which will be held until Dec. 12, commemorates the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity.

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