Kobe Luminarie, Spectacular Light Festival Held in Memory of Great Hanshin Quake Victims, Begins

A crowd is seen at Meriken Park, one of the venues of Kobe Luminarie, an annual festival held in memory of the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which began on Friday in Kobe. About 400,000 lightbulbs are illuminating the city for the event, which dates back to December 1995, the same year as...