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Illuminating the Holiday Season in Japan

In Japan, Christmas lights, called “illuminations” (イルミネーション) in Japanese, go up as early as mid-November and can remain on display as late as March. Businesses, main streets and big parks go all-out with spectacular LED reveries and exquisitely decorated Christmas trees for passersby to experience. The illuminations play an important role in creating the festive and romantic mood of winter in Japan and they are more astounding with each passing year.

The Kobe Luminarie (神戸ルミナリエ) in Kobe, Japan, is one of the most striking displays every year. Kobe hosted its first illumination festival in December of 1995 in memory of the Great Hanshin Earthquake which struck the region in January of the same year. The Italian-designed illuminations were donated by the government of Italy, and the soft, solemn glow of the hand-painted lights became a symbol of remembrance and hope. The Kobe Luminarie was originally meant to be a one-time event but, with the strong request from local citizens, it has become an annual event now its 19th year.

Want to see more illuminations? Visit the location pages below to view photos and videos from the best Christmas lights in Japan this year:

Kobe Luminarie, 神戸ルミナリエ (Kobe, Japan)

Kyoto Illumiere, 京都イルミエール (Kyoto, Japan)

Country Farm Tokyo German Village, 東京ドイツ村 (Chiba, Japan)

Tokyo Midtown, 東京ミッドタウン (Tokyo, Japan)

Ashikaga Flower Park, あしかがフラワーパーク (Tochigi, Japan)

Nabana no Sato, なばなの里 (Mie, Japan)

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احتفالات رأس السنة في اليابان

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“For almost every day last month Malaysian artist/architect Hong Yi (who often goes by the nickname Red) created a fun illustration made with common (and occasionally not so common) food. Her parameters were simple: the image had to be comprised entirely of food and the only backdrop could be a white plate. With that in mind Yi set out to create landscapes, animals, homages to pop culture, and even a multi-frame telling of the three little pigs. The project, which still appears to be ongoing, has been documented heavily around the web.”

إعلم عزيزي القارئ أن هذا عمل فني فريد، قامت بأدائه الفنانة (منى كارون) على صندوق معدات في مدينة سان فرانسسكو، وكان الهدف هو إخفاء الصندوق بشكل فني وجميل.

موقع الفنانة منى كارون: “Mona Caron - Illustration & Murals” http://monacaron.com/

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مممممم حابة اول شي اهنيك معلومات وصور رائعه بسس ليش بطلت تنزل ومو منزل كتير !

شكرا جزيلا على كلماتك اللطيفة، متابعتك وتشجيعك هو كل ما أحتاجه للاستمرار وسأستمر بإذن الله.

إعلم عزيزي القارئ أن هذه الخدعة قام بإجراءها الفنان (Plastic Jesus) وذلك بوضع صندوق أسود في محل الإلكترونيات الشهير (Best Buy) ووضع وصفا لها “صندوق أسود عديم الفائدة”

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Magical Miniature Worlds By Matthew Albanese

Matthew Albanese creates small-scale meticulously detailed models of outdoor scenes and landscapes using everyday, simple, mundane materials and transform them into an image through the lens of his camera making them look hyper-realistic.

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Are you kidding me?

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How the the halibut

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*jaw hits the floor and stays there*

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The Amazing Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy

What makes Lake Kaindy truly remarkable is that it contains an underwater forest. Visible on the lakes surface are the tall, dried-out tops of submerged Spruce trees that rise above the water’s surface like the masts of sunken ships. They are the only sign of the amazing frozen forest below the water’s surface.

The water is so cold (even in summer the temperature does not exceed 6 degrees) that the pine needles remain on the trees, even after a hundred years of being submerged. During the winter, the lake freezes and becomes a popular spot for ice diving.

The lake is 400 meters long and is located in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains, about 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam.