Remembering Kobe Earthquake

January 17, 2020

Victims Remembered 25 Years after Kobe Earthquake

Some 5,000 bamboo lanterns are lit to form lines reading a Japanese word meaning "remember" as well as "1.17" during a memorial ceremony for the earthquake in Higashi-Yuenchi Park in Kobe, western Japan, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Prayers were offered in Kobe and neighboring areas on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the western Japan region. Current Events-Jiji Press