Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

KOBE, Japan - Alexandra Nechita (R), a U.S. teenager who was inspired by the tale of a young victim of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, donates a painting to Kobe Mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama (L) in Kobe on Jan. 15. The story goes that after the death of the 11-year-old Haruka Kato, sunflower seeds that she had fed her parrot sprouted up through the rubble of her home and local residents began planting the new seeds in their own backyards.

Jews celebrate mystical holiday of Lag BaOmer

STORY: Jews celebrate mystical holiday of Lag BaOmer DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people celebrating Lag BaOmer in Israel STORYLINE: As the sun came down on Wednesday, Jewish communities around the world gathered in backyards, streets and even cemeteries in celebration of Jewish mystical holiday of Lag BaOmer, which began in the evening of Wednesday until sundown on Thursday. Lag BaOmer, also known as Lag B'Omer, is a Jewish festival celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar. This day marks the hillula (celebration, interpreted by some as anniversary of death) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a Mishnaic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the second century, and the day on which he revealed the deepest secrets of kabbalah in the form of the Zohar (Book of Splendor), a landmark text of Jewish mysticism. There are several well-known customs and practices on Lag

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The Hakone post town

The Hakone post town

This photo depicts the post town of Hakone viewed from around the old Hakone check point site. The two-storied house behind the tree in the centre is Hatago Hafuya (present-day Hokone Hotel), an inn for commoners. The huge thatched roofed houses behind are, Kawada Honjin, an officially appointed inn for feudal lords, Koma Honjin, Ishiuchi Honjin, and Amano Heizaemon Honjin. Compared to catalogue # 2945, the backyards of honjins appear to be sticking out to Lake Ashinoko. The mountain behind on the left is Mt. Kurakake and the one in the centre is Hakone Pass.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐46‐0]

Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

KOBE, Japan - Alexandra Nechita (R), a U.S. teenager who was inspired by the tale of a young victim of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, donates a painting to Kobe Mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama (L) in Kobe on Jan. 15. The story goes that after the death of the 11-year-old Haruka Kato, sunflower seeds that she had fed her parrot sprouted up through the rubble of her home and local residents began planting the new seeds in their own backyards.