A photo exhibition covering the devastating earthquake that hit Kobe and its vicinity in 1995 opened Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, showing the success the city has had in reconstructing the area.
The exhibition is being staged to show Brazilians how their 82 million yen in relief support has been used to rebuild the area.
About 150 people, including Hyogo Prefectural Gov. Toshitami Kaihara, attended an opening ceremony for the exhibition and expressed gratitude for the donations.
The exhibition, sponsored by a Kobe newspaper and two other organizations, displays photos side by side to show how areas looked in the immediate aftermath of the quake and as they are now.
More than 6,400 people lost their lives in the magnitude-7.2 quake, which hit Kobe and other parts of the Hanshin region on Jan. 17, 1995.