KOBE –
A commemorative ceremony was held in Kobe on October 24 to mark the approaching one hundredth anniversary of the “Kobe Wall,” a historic construction that survived each the devastating 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the firebombing of Kobe throughout World War II.
The wall was initially constructed in 1927 as a firebreak at a market in Kobe’s Nagata Ward. Despite the destruction attributable to wartime air raids and the highly effective earthquake that struck the area in January 1995, the construction remained standing, changing into a logo of town’s resilience by way of two main disasters.
Thanks partly to preservation efforts by native residents’ teams, a piece of the wall has been saved and is now on show on the Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park in Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture.
With the construction set to achieve its centenary in 2027, a commemorative ceremony was held in Nagata Ward on October 24 to acknowledge its historic significance and the efforts made to protect it for future generations.
An exhibition tracing the historical past of the Kobe Wall and its survival by way of a long time of destruction and rebuilding can also be being held by way of November 23.
Source: ABCTVnews