Kobe Luminarie

When we were in Kobe, we were taken around by Yoshi's friend Saori. We were lucky as , at that time the'kobe illumination' was on. It is some sort of show case of lightings on buildings and on the roads which is normally held in december ie christmass time.


It began in 1995 and commemorates the Great Hanshin Earthquake of that year. They were donated by the Italian Goverment. The lights are kept up for about two weeks and only turned on for a few hours each evening. Each light is individually hand-painted. It was really beautiful and touching.. I know that sounded gay..but it really was a great sight