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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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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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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.