FRONTONE
Location :The Former Foreign Settlement of Kobe and Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
I really wanted to take these pictures...whatever the consequences...
The annual illumination festival 'Kobe Luminarie,', originally held as a requiem for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as a symbol of dreams and hopes for the ongoing restoration and reconstruction , takes place in Kobe every December. It was first started eleven months after the earthquake in 1995, and becomes the 20th anniversary in this year.
Every year the theme and installation change, which is produced by Italian designer Valerio Festi and Japanese artwork producer Hirokazu Imaoka.(Therefore, “Luminarie”- This Italian-sounding name for the event comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” which actually refers to small paper lanterns-is used for the event)
They create beautiful layouts and they’re different every year,and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year to see the new light structures.
The first edition Kobe Luminarie was entitled “Of Dreams and the Light/ Dei sogni e della Luce"and it was a message of hope that two and a half million people came to see, on the first day.- Twenty years has passed since that- The main theme for this year, 2014 is the same as 1995’s- "Kobe, City of Dreams and the Light/Kobe, citta dei Sogni e della Luce"
Now ‘Kobe Luminarie’ became a yearly event that celebrates Kobe’s remarkable recovery from disaster., and attracts millions of people from all over the world….***
*Kobe Luminarie has nothing to do with Christmas **
*This year, the festival of light take place between December 4-15(today! )The lights are turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights.***
★作者からのメッセージ
光を失ったとき、闇との闘いがはじまった
尽きることのない悲しみとともに、
私たちは歩みを進めた。
はじめての光。
かつて見たことのない輝きが
まちと人々を優しく包んだとき、そこには、
夢と希望、そして悲しみが混在していた。
光を浴びて、何よりも美しかった人々の笑顔。
決して忘れることのできない光景だ。
あの日以来、私たちを見守ってくれた神戸の光。
いつかもっと素晴らしいまちの輝きが
灯ることを願って、今年も点灯する。
(この先 ガレリアエリア内での立ち止まっての写真撮影及び三脚を使用しての撮影は原則禁止されています）
FRONTONE
Location :The Former Foreign Settlement of Kobe and Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
I really wanted to take these pictures...whatever the consequences...
The annual illumination festival 'Kobe Luminarie,', originally held as a requiem for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as well as a symbol of dreams and hopes for the ongoing restoration and reconstruction , takes place in Kobe every December. It was first started eleven months after the earthquake in 1995, and becomes the 20th anniversary in this year.
Every year the theme and installation change, which is produced by Italian designer Valerio Festi and Japanese artwork producer Hirokazu Imaoka.(Therefore, “Luminarie”- This Italian-sounding name for the event comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” which actually refers to small paper lanterns-is used for the event)
They create beautiful layouts and they’re different every year,and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year to see the new light structures.
The first edition Kobe Luminarie was entitled “Of Dreams and the Light/ Dei sogni e della Luce"and it was a message of hope that two and a half million people came to see, on the first day.- Twenty years has passed since that- The main theme for this year, 2014 is the same as 1995’s- "Kobe, City of Dreams and the Light/Kobe, citta dei Sogni e della Luce"
Now ‘Kobe Luminarie’ became a yearly event that celebrates Kobe’s remarkable recovery from disaster., and attracts millions of people from all over the world….***
*Kobe Luminarie has nothing to do with Christmas **
*This year, the festival of light take place between December 4-15(today! )The lights are turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights.***
★作者からのメッセージ
光を失ったとき、闇との闘いがはじまった
尽きることのない悲しみとともに、
私たちは歩みを進めた。
はじめての光。
かつて見たことのない輝きが
まちと人々を優しく包んだとき、そこには、
夢と希望、そして悲しみが混在していた。
光を浴びて、何よりも美しかった人々の笑顔。
決して忘れることのできない光景だ。
あの日以来、私たちを見守ってくれた神戸の光。
いつかもっと素晴らしいまちの輝きが
灯ることを願って、今年も点灯する。
(この先 ガレリアエリア内での立ち止まっての写真撮影及び三脚を使用しての撮影は原則禁止されています）