A Free and Open Public Participation event! Date and Time:Nov 2012 (Sat), 6:30 – 8:30 pm Venue: Merlion Park, One Fullerton@ Marina Bay Organizer: The Lighting Detectives Singapore In collaboration with: The Fullerton Heritage Supported by:　Japan Creative Centre Venue: Marina Bay Turn off the lights and take it slow. Candle Night @ Marina Bay, Singapore 2012 This year, we marked the 3rd Candle Night Event in Singapore. The Lighting Detectives and students from local schools created large-scale candle light installations around the Merlion Park and One Fullerton, while members of the public were invited to decorate lanterns to celebrate the Merlion`s 40th birthday. As Candle Night coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, visitors also paraded through the Merlion Park with their own lanterns and enjoyed candles in a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere.

Date: June 23, 2012 “Turn off the lights and take it slow.” The Lighting Detectives became involved with the Candle Night Event in 2003, starting on Harajuku Cat Street. We then moved the annual event to Omotesando in 2005 and now 10 years later, a total of 345 staff members, including local art university students, Lighting Detective members, and day-of-the-event volunteers are needed to stage the one-night event. Candlenight@OMOTESANDO-Eco Avenue Our goal and particularly important part of the event this year is the continuation of charity donations and an event that includes the local flavor of Omotesando. It has been one year since the massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed parts of North-Eastern coastline of Japan; the donations collected at the 2012 Candle Night will also go towards this recovery and needs of the disaster victims. Event staff, volunteers, and university students set up tables near the candle installations along Omotesando to collect donations and sell homemade candles, with all proceeds to be donated. On the day of the event donations were collected for 3-hours from 7pm to 10pm for a total of \205,278!! This year, along with the conventional candle installations we also included a gallery event showcasing some of the fantastic original lanterns designed by local art university students and a panel of judges. Also, in coordination with a local bamboo lantern festival, lanterns carved from bamboo were also arranged along Omotesando. Visitors enjoyed the conventional Candle Night event…

A Free and Open Public Participation event! Date and Time: 5 Nov 2011(Sat), 6:30 – 8:30 pm Venue: Merlion Park, One Fullerton@ Marina Bay Organizer: The Lighting Detectives Singapore In collaboration with: The Fullerton Heritage Supported by:　Japan Creative Centre Held in: Marina Bay “Turn off the lights and take it slow” Candle Night, an environmental and energy conservation event that helps in finding one’s inner sense of time, is the brainchild of a non-profit environmental group in Japan. During this one night event, main building facilities are “lit down”, and candle light events are held. Previous Candle Night events include the Candle Night @OMOTESANDO ? Eco Avenue held since 2003. Last year, we organized the first Candle night event in Singapore, in which over 500 people and public participants created floating lanterns at the Marina Bay. For the 2011 Candle Night @ Marina Bay, the Lighting Detectives together with public participants will light up the Merlion Park and Promenade along One Fullerton in Marina Bay using candles prepared by the participants. Ambient lighting of the buildings in the vicinity will be dimmed in order to achieve the appropriate darkness required to enjoy the spectacle. Participating cafes and restaurants all along the waterfront will be able to enjoy a surrounding atmosphere of soft light with specially designed candles and lanterns in their outdoor seating areas. Using recyclable materials as the principal theme, young children as well as adult will create lanterns…

Sending our warm candle night to disaster victims. Friday, June 17, 2011 On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Northern Japan, followed by a powerful tsunami, and a severely damaging a nuclear power plant which continues to leak radiation. This unprecedented disaster has taken many lives and livelihoods, leaving scarred land and hearts of the people. However, many have risen beyond this challenge and are beginning the long road to rebuilding what they have lost. We have been touched by their courageousness, and would like to express our continued support by organizing this Charity Candle Night. In a joint effort, Omotesando hosted this charity event with all proceeds donated to the rebuilding effort. Because of energy concerns, recently, this tree-lined street is darker than usual, but in response to the rebuilding effort we light a candle for you. By: Candle Night @ Omotesando Planning Committee ■Friday, June 17th Schedule 19:00→20:00 Children`s Candlelight Parade. 20:00→22:00 Candle Installation, Candle Cafe Network, and originally-designed lanterns on display ■Host Candle Night @ Omotesando Planning Committee ■Supported by: Harajuku Omotesando Keyaki Organization ■Event Producer Kaoru Mende (Lighting Desiger, Musashino Art U. Prof.) Shinichi Takemura (Cultural Anthropologist, Kyoto U. of Art and Design Prof.) Taku Satoh (Graphic Designer) ■Sponsored by: Kameyama Candle House / Omotesando Hills / Omotesando Bamboo / Lighting Detectives / eredie / BROWN RICE CAFE & DELI / shu uemure / Kyobashi Senbikiya Omotesando Harajuku Store / Maruman Products / BAKERY…

A Free and Open Public Participation event! Date and Time: 15 Oct 2010 (Fri), 18:00-21:00 Venue: Merlion Park, Clifford Pier @ Marina Bay Organizer: The Lighting Detectives Singapore In collaboration with: The Fullerton Heritage Supported by: Studio Miu, Musashino Art University (Tokyo) LaSalle College of the Arts (BAIC) Japanese Kindergarten of Singapore “Turn off the lights and take it slow” Candle Night, an environmental and energy conservation event that helps in finding one’s inner sense of time, is the brainchild of a non-profit environmental group in Japan. During this one night event, main building facilities are “lit down”, and candle light events are held. Previous Candle Night events include the Candle Night @OMOTESANDO @ Eco Avenue held since 2003. For the inaugural Candle Night @ Marina Bay, the Lighting Detectives together with public participants lit the waterfront in Marina Bay using candles in floating lanterns. Ambient lighting of the buildings in the vicinity will be dimmed in order to achieve the appropriate darkness required to enjoy the spectacle. Participating cafes and restaurants all along the waterfront enjoied the surrounding atmosphere of soft light with specially designed candles and lanterns in an outdoor seating. Using recyclable materials as the principal theme, children from the Japanese Kindergarten of Singapore created lanterns in pre-event workshops and floated them in the water around the Clifford Pier at twilight. Art students from Singapore and Japan Joined them and also created beautiful lanterns and candle installations…

Candle Night Summer Solstice 2010 June 19, 2010 “Turn off the lights and take it slow.” This is the campaign slogan for Candle Night, a movement started in 2003 on the summer solstice by an environmental NPO. Nationally, the event is unofficially planned for the summer and winder solstices, and persistence from local groups have turned it into a huge event to enjoy a different kind of evening by candlelight. Candlenight@OMOTESANDO-Eco Avenue Candle Night along Omotesando was held for two hours on June 19th, 2010 from 8pm to 10pm in the evening. The Harajuku / Omotesando Candle Night started on the 2003 winter solstice. This year marks the 10th event along the popular shopping street. The theme for 2010 summer solstice was “Encounters with Candles x LEDs.” In contrast to candles, which have been used for hundreds and hundreds of years, LEDs are the latest gadget in optical technology. This year visitors encountered hybrid installations using both candles and LEDs along the zelkova lined street. For the event, 611 staff members, mostly art university students in the Tokyo precinct, were recruited and collaborated to present a unified, coexistence of warm candlelight and techno LED installations. Candle Installations The theme this year was “Encounters with candle x LED,”so it wasn`t just candle light along the street, but a combination of candles and LEDs for a variety of installations. Installations included, stacked wine glasses with candles inside and softly emitted blue LED…

2009年6月19日 夏至 今年も20：00をまたいだカウントダウン映像でcandlenight＠OMOTESANDO – Eco Avenueがスタート！ 佐藤卓さんには楽しみながら講評をしていただきました。 捨てられる運命の空き缶にいのちが吹き込まれ、もう一度輝き出す。 テントウムシがロウで出来たキャベツにとまっている？！と思ったら、ロウで出来たテントウムシだ！ コトリキャンドルを抱えて表参道を行進 ごみを否定しながら作品の一部に取り入れたオススメの一品。ごみで埋もれて光が見えなくなっていなければいいけれど… 4人組で出没したキャンドルナイトPRガール、キャンドルの妖精さんのひとり。 今年は合計400人弱のスタッフが集まり、ますます成長を見せるキャンドルナイト。 「でんきを消して、スローな夜を」をスローガンに、キャンドルを灯していつもと違った時間の過ごし方をしてみよう…という2003年の夏至から始まった環境NPOによるこのムーブメントは、今や日本全国で夏至と冬至の一大イベントとして様々な場所で行われています。 Candlenight＠OMOTESANDO -Eco Avenue 2009年6月19日（金）夜8時から10時の2時間、表参道でキャンドルナイトが行われました。2005年の夏至から始まったこのイベントは今回で6回目を迎えます。 今年のテーマは「グリーン」です。優しさの代名詞、地球環境や自然環境をいとおしく思う時のキーワードとして掲げています。今年からはキャンドルのデザインだけでなく、LED（発光ダイオード）の使用を解禁し、東京近郊の美大生を中心とした総勢500名弱のスタッフが、表参道をあたたかなキャンドルとLEDの共存するあかりでケヤキ道を彩りました。 4つの柱 「キャンドルインスタレーション」「キャンドルカフェネットワーク」「子供たちのキャンドルパレード」「オリジナル行灯」。これら4つのイベントを柱に表参道ではキャンドルナイトが行われます。 キャンドルインスタレーションとは、表参道沿道にあるビルや店舗の軒先にあるスペースをお借りしてさまざまな展示を行うものです。空間をダイナミックに使うグループ。様々な形のキャンドルを使用して繊細な作品を作るグループ。来街者参加型のインスタレーションを行うグループなど、どれも凝っていて、表参道を歩いているだけでも目を楽しませてくれました。 キャンドルカフェネットワークとは、表参道周辺のカフェのテーブルや庭などをお借りして、そのお店のイメージに合わせたキャンドルを置かせていただくものです。キャベツの形をしたキャンドルにロウで作ったテントウムシをとまらせたり、季節をモチーフとして色とりどりの紫陽花のシェードを作ってみたり、カラフルなLEDとキャンドルを組み合わせたハイブリッドな作品が置かれるなど、面白いデザインがたくさんありました。 子供たちのキャンドルパレードとは、神宮前小学校の子供たちが放課後に作ったコトリの形をした行灯を持って表参道の街を行進するものです。最後はキャンドルナイトの本部がある交番横の広場へと向かい、既に設置されている森をイメージしたインスタレーションの思い思いの場所に子供たちがコトリを飾り、作品とコラボレーションしました。 オリジナル行灯とは、グリーンというテーマに沿って制作された一つ一つデザインの異なる趣向を凝らした行灯を手に、60人の行灯デザイナーが200人以上のスタッフを引き連れ、表参道中に散らばってキャンドルナイトを盛り上げるものです。原宿駅から表参道駅までの、およそ1kmもある表参道の沿道に点在する約30箇所のインスタレーションやカフェを、柔らかなあかりを纏うたくさんの行灯が繋ぎ、一つの空間にする役割を果たしていました。 これらのほかにも周辺で同時開催されるイベントがたくさんありましたが、それらのいくつかはWEBで告知をさせて頂いたり、当日はキャンドルナイトのアイコンを印刷したLEDキャンドルで光るバッグを配り、イベント場所に置いて頂くなど、昨年以上に表参道の街と一緒になって盛り上がった感があります。今年はラジオにも出演するなど、広報活動にも力をいれましたが、キャンドルナイトをきっかけにさまざまな企業と繋がることが出来たのは貴重な経験です。 嵐のように過ぎさったキャンドルナイトは、準備期間5ヶ月、参加大学・専門学校・団体数8、総スタッフ数482人、参加カフェ数23、インスタレーション数9、協賛企業数15、協力企業数8、消灯減灯協力店舗数33、と、これだけたくさんの方々に支えられて無事成功を収めることが出来ました。ご協力頂きました関係者の皆様には大変感謝しております。 まだまだ成長を続けるcandlenight＠OMOTESANDO – Eco Avenue。来年もどうぞご期待ください！ (矢野大輔）

June 21, 2008 Sumer Solstice This was the 5th Annual Candlenight along Omotesando since the event was moved from nearby Cat Street. “Turn off the lights and take it slow” is the catch phrase for this familiar candle event. Two Japanese environmental NGO first proposed Candlenight as an opportunity to take another look at our modern lifestyles. Every year on the summer solstice from 8pm to 10pm this event reminds us to turn off the lights and reflect on our lives by enjoying the night in candlelight. Nationwide there are 938 individual candle events as part of this promotion. The theme for this years Lighting Detectives Candlenight @ Omotesando-Eco Avenue was “Dialogue: Dialogue with the Shadows, Dialogue with the Light.” As every year, local art university students and others gratuitously volunteered to help with the event, including the Omotesando Candle Cafe Network, candle installations along Omotesando, and original lantern making. We started with a kick-off meeting in February and used the next five months to prepare for this one-night event in June. Producers for the Omotesando event included Lighting Detectives Chief, Kaoru Mende, cultural anthropologist, Shinichi Takemura, and, as a special guest, graphic designer, Taku Satoh, all of who participated in each meeting. Each team presented their candle installation ideas, receiving advice and critics from the gallery. As the event neared and projects took shape, the weather report was not as cooperative, forecasting rain. But, after so many hours of…

June 22, 2007 Sumer Solstice “Turn off the lights and take it slow.” Candle Night, a environmental and energy conservation event that also focuses on habits of the modern lifestyle and finding ones inner sense of time, is the brainchild of a environmental NGO. During the one night event, main building facilities are “lit down” and in different areas of the country candlelight events are held, and keep growing each year. According to the official Candle Night web site, this year over a three-day period from June 22 to June 24, 897 candlelight events were recorded. The Lighting Detectives have been involved with this event since our first candle event along Harajuku Cat Street in 2003. In 2005, we moved our event to Omotesando to attract a larger crowd. Participants originally heard of the event by word of mouth from Chief Kaoru Mende, but have grown to involve students from area art universities, other business professionals and members of the Lighting Detectives. Including volunteers for the day of the event, staff has grown to over 300 persons. The “Candle Night @ Omotesando – Eco Avenue” event includes a schedule of three activities for the night. First the event is off to an energetic start with the candle parade down Omotesando by the children of the Jingu-mae Elementary School located behind Omotesando Hills. As the marching continues, a spectacle of candle installations is lit along the main street, as some storefronts…

Candle Night @ Omotesando, scheduled for December 21, 2006, has been canceled. It is unfortunate that this annual December event, started in 2003 along Cat Street, will not be held this winter solstice. Instead of holding this event twice a year, once in December and again in June, we have decided to concentrate all of our efforts on the summer solstice, maybe event making it a more festive event than before. The “Turn off the lights and take it slow” campaign competes with Christmas retail and the festive nature of Omotesando during this season. This year Omotesando is also planning a grand, month-long lighting event, Eco Avenue, which will make it even harder to create interest for the Candle Night event. In conjunction with the Community Planning Board for Omotesando the Candle Night event will be held on the summer solstice only. We thank you for your understanding and continued support to make the Omotesando summer event bigger and better than ever. However, the Candle Night event will still be held nationwide on the winter solstice and we encourage all our friends at Candle Night @ Omotesando to take it slow, and enjoy your own private candle light on this night and others. See you again next summer!! Candle Night @ Omotesando Planning Committee Kaoru Mende

June 22, 2006 Summer Solstice Candle Night @ Omotesando – Eco Avenue The biannual Candle Night event was held again this year on June 21st along Omotesando. This event, started by an environmental NGO, has grown to include over 500 separate candle events held on the summer and winter solstics throughout Japan. The Lighting Detectives originally held their event along Cat Street, but has since moved to Omotesando. This was the third time to hold the candle event along Omotesando. Each event is somewhat trial and error and expanding on what works, but also adding new items to keep the candle-based event interesting. Shop fronts along Omotesando were borrowed for the always impressive candle installations and designated cafes in the vicinity took part in the Candle Cafe Network.. Also not to be forgotten, the Jingumae Elementary School Students　in “Kids on Parade with Recycled Candles,” moving light along Omotesando. All three aspects to the night’s event were available for viewing from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. Kids Candle Parade The kid’s parade kicked off the night’s events as the procession started from Jingu Bridge. Candle in hand, the students held on tight to a candle each had crafted over the past week from old wax gathered from used-up candles and given new life in the form of recycled candles. As the candles burned down the kids excitedly chattered about their candles. “Look at mine!!” “Mine’s the prettiest!!” “The melted wax looks…

22 December 2005 It was a chilly winter night for the December 22, 2005 Candle Night event. Across the street from the new Otomesando Hills construction site in the final months of opening-day preparations, soft, warm light danced along the street at this festive, bi-annual event. Lantern Light This winter was the fifth time for the Lighting Detectives to be involved with Candle Night, a countrywide event. Since last summer, the local event has moved from Cat Street, a small side street connecting Harajuku and Shibuya, to the more visible stage of Omotesando. The catch-slogan for this event, “Turn off the lights and take it slow.” is a reflection of a movement to rethink our positions on the environment, energy conservation, and the modern lifestyle. The local Omotesando venue is a festive stage with individually designed lanterns taking center stage, as they are displayed and carried by volunteers up and down the street. Shopping-bag lanterns, zelkova tree motif lanterns, umbrella-shaped lanterns with reflecting light, and even necklace-inspired lanterns…all the hard work of local university students. At 8pm a special promotion video on the huge, Jingumae Intersection digital display board kicked off the evening and grabbed the attention of those unfamiliar with the event. Zelkova Tree Light In front of the Oriental Bazaar, glowing, zelkova tree motif lanterns were lined up at the entrance to represent the rows of flourishing trees along Omotesando. Votive candles were placed on the bars of…

19 June 2005 “Turn off the lights and take it slow.” The time to turn off the lights and relax by candle night was once again upon us as the Lighting Detectives and Musashi Art University students collaborated with local elementary school students to celebrate another Candle Night on the 2005 summer solstice. Up until now the local event was limited to Harajuku`s Cat Street, but this year we have widen the venue and pulled the June 19th event out into the open of Omotesando. Started by an environmental NPO, this nation-wide event is a slow, relaxing time to reflect on human nature and rethink our positions on the environment, energy conservation, and the modern lifestyle. More then 20,000 venues all over the country participate in this “lighting down” event with 300 of those venues also displaying candle installations. With each biannual celebration the circle of light continues to grow. Children’s Lantern Parade Along with their parents, 50 or so children from the local Jingumae Elementary School and the local Omotesando trash detail crew, Green Bird, started off from the school on a lantern parade that would take them to a rendezvous point at the new Cartier Store construction site and then down to the Oriental Bazaar. Roman candle-shaped lanterns, made by the children, were first carried to the rendezvous point where the Chief of the Lighting Detectives, Kaoru Mende was waiting. The Roman candle lanterns were exchanged for shopping…

21 December 2004 Candle Night Performance “Turn off the Lights and Take it Slow.” This is the continuous theme for the Candle Night Event, now in its third season along Harajuku`s Cat Street. This event uses the earth’s natural “clock” the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, and the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, to help bring awareness to the natural flow of time. For the event, our hope was to turnout all the streetlights along Cat Street, to create a dark background for the candle installations. The city was unable to respond to this request, but shops along the street were cooperative and we succeeded in creating a darkened atmosphere for the event. A total of 11 installations were set up along the street. Most were student projects that have began to incorporated messages and other exciting tricks into their candle works. Some fun performances included a big “CHEERS!” with a candle beer glass and illuminated one-yen coin chains symbolizing the money spent on electricity. Creator Candle Design Exhibition The Creator Candle Design Exhibition was a new event added to this winter solstice performance. Ten designers designed candles to be displayed at the exhibit. Naoto Fukazawa and Takashi Sato are just a couple of designers who willing donated their time and work to the exhibit. Even though all who participated were professional designers, candle design was a first. Designing a candle is not just…

20 June 2004 What is Candle Night? This is the second season for the Lighting Detectives to participate in the Bi-annual Candle Night Performance. Many people are probably wondering, “What is Candle Night?” Well, started by an environmental NGO, this nation-wide event is a slow, relaxing time to reflect on human nature and rethink our positions on the environment, energy conservation, and the modern lifestyle. This event uses the earth’s natural “clock” the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, and the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, to help bring awareness of the natural flow of time. The event slogan “Turn off the lights and take it slow,” means just that: turn out the lights and enjoy a time of reflection with friends or family. More then 6,000 venues all over the country participate in this “lighting down” event with over 200 of those venues also displaying candle installations. With each biannual celebration the circle of light continues to grow, but it is also a simple “event” that anyone is encouraged to participate in in the privacy of their own homes. Candle Night @ Cat Street As part of this nationwide event, the Lighting Detectives are active in the Candle Night @ Cat Street Performance. Cat Street is a narrow alleyway, lined with trendy little shops, that connects Tokyo’s Harajuku and Shibuya. The street was a small canal that ran through this district, but was filled…

2003年12月22日 冬至 電気を消してスローな夜を 冬至の夜8時から10時の2時間だけ電気を消してスローな夜を過ごそう・・ということをテーマに面出団長の他、ライフスタイルプロデューサーの浜野安宏氏やキャンドルナイト呼びかけ人代表でもある竹村真一氏が監修したイベントが原宿キャットストリートで行われました。 これは、環境や省エネ、現代社会のライフスタイルについて考え直すとともに、人間的な時間のありかたを見つめるきっかけとして、昨年の夏至に行われたイベントの冬至版。夏至には、環境NGOが中心となって発案した”100万人のキャンドルナイト”にさまざまな分野のアーティスト、環境省や企業、自治体、各地の公共施設が賛同して、大きなうねりに発展し、全国で500万人（環境省推定）が参加して東京タワーや全国のランドマークの照明も消える、一大イベントとなりました。 原宿キャットストリートにキャンドルアートが出現 開催場所は、原宿キャットストリートが表参道と直行する旧渋谷川約700メートルほどの暗渠の遊歩道。この遊歩道に照明探偵団、武蔵野美大、多摩美大のチームが中心となって沿道にある店舗前6箇所でキャンドルアートを作成し、イベントの拠点となりました。波打つように成形したアルミパネル前にキャンドルを並べて鏡に映っているように見せたもの、異なる種類のスクリーンを透かしてあかりの表情を見せるもの、公園のジャングルジムを赤いトレーシングペーパーで囲い、中にキャンドルを入れた行灯・・などなど工夫を凝らしたキャンドルアートの数々が通りを彩りました。 街路灯を消灯したい… たった2時間のイベントでしたが、公共空間での火を使うイベントと言うことで行政や商店街との調整が難航を極めました。今回は準備期間も少なく見送りましたが、今後の大きな課題としてふたつ。『街路灯の消灯』と『縁石へのキャンドルの配置』です。当日やはり残念だったのが遊歩道沿いに白々と点灯したままだった街路灯。キャンドルのあたたかなあかりとの何ともミスマッチな光景でした。やはりキャンドルの繊細なあかりを見せるにはまずベースとなる闇をつくる必要があるでしょう。そして、今は暗渠となった川の流れを通りに配置した光で可視化する。または、通行人が携帯したキャンドルで光の川を再現する。 キャンドルでなくては伝えられないメッセージを込めたイベントを2004年の夏至にも行う予定です。乞うご期待下さい。 （田沼彩子）