Nico: Last night, I went to see huge illumination in Kobe (Kobe is one of
the famous sightseeing place in Japan. It is near Osaka) with MJ.
The illumination is called ` Kobe Luminarie'.
Luminarie is not illumination for Christmas so it is lighted from around early Dec. to mid Dec. for about 12 days.
It is a requiem for victims of earthquake in Jan.17th 1995 ` Hanshin Awaji
Daishinsai' （The Southern Hyogo prefecture earthquake in 1995） and an
expression for wish and dreams of reconstruction in Kobe. It was started
from 1996.
I lived in the area with my family at that time.
My parent's home broke in half. So we all had to sleep in the same room wearing clothes so that if we needed to leave in a hurry we could.
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Such a beautiful memorial. You took some great pictures!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jen.It is very beautiful. MJ was really moved by it. - Nico -
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