https://www.odditycentral.com/pics/kobe-luminarie-japans-festival-of-light.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kobe-luminarie-japans-festival-of-light A collection of oddities that includes weird places, strange people, bizarre events and other odd stuff from all around the world Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.odditycentral.com/pics/kobe-luminarie-japans-festival-of-light.html#comment-130814 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:38:04 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=22068#comment-130814 […] Via: OddityCentral […]

]]> https://www.odditycentral.com/pics/kobe-luminarie-japans-festival-of-light.html#comment-127958 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:28:02 +0000 http://www.odditycentral.com/?p=22068#comment-127958 […] “Kobe Luminarie is an extraordinary light festival that takes place every December, in commemoration …. Since the name of the festival comes from the plural of the Italian “luminaria” -which means light decoration – the decision of employing an Italian team must not have been incidental. Every year, the theme of Kobe Luminarie changes, and that has people from all over the world coming back year after year, to see the new light structures. Approximately five million people attend the Kobe Luminarie every year. Apart from the beautiful light structures, another impressive aspect of Kobe Luminarie is that it relies on its audience to keep going. Visitors support the event by putting coins in the donation boxes set up around the brightly lit structures, and this assures the funding for next year’s festival. A great way to show appreciation, considering the entrance if free of charge.” w/ photos […]

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