Kobe Luminarie started in 1995 for handing down memories of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and as a symbolic event for the hope of Kobe. A number of illuminated arches line Nakamachi-Dori, the main street of Sannomiya look like a corridor, which is a fantastic event that you can experience as if you are walking through a tunnel of light.
Kobe Luminarie has been consecutively canceled for 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to the expansion of Covid-19 infection. As an alternative event, an event titled “Cassa Armonica, the Music Jewelry Box” will be held. Cassa Armonica, which is the main work in Kobe Luminarie every year, will be exhibited at KOBE EAST PARK. Cassa Armonica means “the house of music” in Italian and whose dorm-shaped roof is illuminated, will also be used as a concert stage playing healing music. The alternatively-exhibited monuments in 2021, Rosone, are built in four places including the KOBE EAST PARK and Nankin-Cho, where visitors can enjoy looking at lights and listening to music.