Ode della luce - Kobe Luminarie 2016
Location : Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
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.
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 for peoples.
22 years has passed since that- Fortunately we can see the more than 300,000 LED bulbs illuminate the city’s former foreign settlement area and Kobe East Park this year ,too...and the main theme for this year, 2016 is - " Ode della luce/Ode to light"
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 2(Fri)-15(Sun )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.
( 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）
Ode della luce - Kobe Luminarie 2016
Location : Higashi-Yuenchi Park,Kobe -city,Hyogo prefecture, Japan
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.
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 for peoples.
22 years has passed since that- Fortunately we can see the more than 300,000 LED bulbs illuminate the city’s former foreign settlement area and Kobe East Park this year ,too...and the main theme for this year, 2016 is - " Ode della luce/Ode to light"
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 2(Fri)-15(Sun )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.
( 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）