Kobe Luminarie
Trying to get rid of my backlog, the next topic is the Kobe Luminaire (December 22nd, 2005).
The Kobe Luminaire is an art of lights designed for the requiem of victims of the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake and the hope for reconstruction. So, it's not for Christmas as some may think, although it's held around the same time of the year (mid-end December).
As we're busy with other events, Silvia and I could only go to the Luminaire on the last day. This year exceptionally it was decided that the Luminaire would end before Xmas, and more than that, before the 23rd holiday (Emperor's birthday... Xmas is not a holiday in Japan). The information I've heard was that's because the people gathered to see the Luminaire disturb the customers of the shops nearby... Strange. I thought it would increase the number of customers. On the other hand, we didn't buy anything ourselves... The group gathered to see the event was Rezaur, K (just respecting the Japanese online privacy stuff...) and Fabio (who joined later).
Some queues since it was the last day, but not that bad. And not much snow around... since it was the same day when it snowed hard in Himeji (The pic of this post is from that day), I wonder if they cleaned it or if it didn't snowed so much in Kobe...
About the thing itself, it is beautiful. Interesting is that the lights are from figures, not random lights as it's usual in many Xmas decorations. One in a park resembles some kind of house and you can see it all from above from an observatory in the Kobe City Hall. Well worth a visit. Again, it's the kind of thing that can't be described, so it's better to look at the album.
After that a dinner and losing the time to catch the last bus to Shosha. I thought about a taxi, but gave up in the end and went with Silvia by foot. At least chatting on the way made the more-than-one-hour walking less tiring...
The Kobe Luminaire is an art of lights designed for the requiem of victims of the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake and the hope for reconstruction. So, it's not for Christmas as some may think, although it's held around the same time of the year (mid-end December).As we're busy with other events, Silvia and I could only go to the Luminaire on the last day. This year exceptionally it was decided that the Luminaire would end before Xmas, and more than that, before the 23rd holiday (Emperor's birthday... Xmas is not a holiday in Japan). The information I've heard was that's because the people gathered to see the Luminaire disturb the customers of the shops nearby... Strange. I thought it would increase the number of customers. On the other hand, we didn't buy anything ourselves... The group gathered to see the event was Rezaur, K (just respecting the Japanese online privacy stuff...) and Fabio (who joined later).
Some queues since it was the last day, but not that bad. And not much snow around... since it was the same day when it snowed hard in Himeji (The pic of this post is from that day), I wonder if they cleaned it or if it didn't snowed so much in Kobe...
About the thing itself, it is beautiful. Interesting is that the lights are from figures, not random lights as it's usual in many Xmas decorations. One in a park resembles some kind of house and you can see it all from above from an observatory in the Kobe City Hall. Well worth a visit. Again, it's the kind of thing that can't be described, so it's better to look at the album.
After that a dinner and losing the time to catch the last bus to Shosha. I thought about a taxi, but gave up in the end and went with Silvia by foot. At least chatting on the way made the more-than-one-hour walking less tiring...
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