There is news that Kobe Luminarie will be canceled from the morning this year as well.  Kobe Luminarie was held for the first time in December of the same year with the intention of lighting the “Reconstruction Light” in Kobe City, which was severely damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that occurred in January 17, 1995. It’s the beginning. Since then, Kobe Luminarie has become popular year by year, and it has become a major feature at the end of the year, attracting people from all over the country.  About 3.47 million people visited the 20th Kobe Luminarie in 2019.  However, it was canceled last year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and it was canceled again this year.  As an alternative event, nine successive light decorations installed in the Luminarie since the first time in 1995 will be exhibited in seven places to convey the significance of the Luminarie praying for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

朝から今年も神戸ルミナリエを中止するとのニュースが流れています。神戸ルミナリエは1995年1月17年に発生した阪神・淡路大震災で甚大な被害受けた神戸市に「復興の灯」を灯す意図の下に、同年12月に第1回を開催されたのが始まりです。爾来、神戸ルミナリエは年々人気を呼び、全国からも人が押し寄せる年末の一大風物詩になりました。２０１９年の第20回神戸ルミナリエには約３４７万人の人達が訪れました。ところが昨年は新型コロナウイルスの影響で中止、今年も引き続き中止となりました。代替行事として、１９９５年の１回目以降のルミナリエで設置された歴代の光の装飾９基を７カ所に展示し、阪神・淡路大震災の犠牲者への鎮魂を祈るルミナリエの意義を伝えることになりました。