26 February The second “Enjoy Green Lighting” Salon tackled the topic of office lighting, as the Lighting Detectives tried to answer the tough question; What is comfortable, but enjoyable eco office lighting? Research on actual office lighting conditions and a presentation by guest speaker　Kouichi Kaiho of Nikken Sekkei, on the latest technology and natural lighting started the discussion on the future existence of office lighting. by: shunichi ikeda Now is the time for the “Eco Office” Results from the individual work space experiment. Meeting room at 300lx Guest speaker Mr. Kouichi Kaiho Keywords such as ecology, energy-conservation, and low carbon are all the hype across the globe, and now they are find their way into the office scene. In reaction to this paradigm shift, the Lighting Detectives sought out the latest in actual eco office lighting techniques and discovered these 5 points of interest. 5 Eco Lighting Methods Highly efficient sources of light -ex. LEDs or the latest in lighting fixture technology- Combination of task lighting ＋ ambient light -Reduce the lighting down to an individual level- Modulated light -Adjust luminance levels and color temperature according to usage.- Use of natural day light -Effective use of natural sunlight- Lower luminance level settings -Revise the amount of light actually necessary- From past attempts to incorporate day lighting to the use of LEDs and other new technology, several methods do exist and when used in conjunction with one another, can lead to…

Presentation of earth-friendly lighting ideas. 13 November, 2009 The theme for the fourth Lighting Detective Salon featured residential fieldwork with ideas for fun eco lighting. Guest speaker, architect, Kazuhiko Namba presented his own ideas on sustainable housing. What is environmental-friendly, people-friendly lighting? Even using low wattage lamps, attaching a net cloth to a cieling fixture creates enough brightness on the table top. Ambient light reflected off the ceiling for plenty of brightness while sitting at the table. Simple lanterns Dialog between Mr. Namba and Chief Mende. Reception Keywords such as CO2 reduction, green, earthy are now very common in our daily lives. However, how many people actually incorporate environmentally-friendly practices into their lives. As Lighting Detectives, we asked ourselves if there is something we can do to incorporate green ideas into the lighting environment. Something easy and fun, nothing laboring or painful, that could be started right away? Hmmmmm?!?! Trendy Lighting Beginning with ordinary residential lighting, we experimented with different tricks and light simulations at the Koizumi showroom. First of all, the easiest way to increase brightness is by color. The color of a tablecloth, the color of curtains, even the color of a brown room compared to a white room effects brightness. As an element of the interior, changing the color of a tablecloth to suit different scenes will not only affect the lighting, you may even achieve haute interior! small light, BIG LIGHT Sometimes it might be fun…

16 January, 2009 During the year 2008-2009 the Lighting Detectives hosted a three-part salon series focused on “Residential Lighting: Past, Present, and Future.” Part 3 of the series was titled: “Looking Forward into the Future of Residential Lighting.” The Lighting Detectives, who through fieldwork, continue to investigate the subject of lighting by using our own eyes and bodies to experience light, prepared to discuss the future of residential lighting from not just from a visionary and dreamy perspective, but by reflecting on current residential lighting and realistic possibilities for the future. by: misa fuji Report from the Lighting Detectives: “Lighting for Tomorrow and Our Lifestyle’s of the Future.” The Lighting Detectives decided to tackle this subject from the three following directions. 1. Light Source: LED 2. Light Fixture: The Home 3. Light Recipients: Occupants of the Home In the future, LED`s and Organic EL technology will most likely become mainstream items making available various options for luminous furniture, other luminous products, and opportunities to incorporate colored lighting into our living spaces. As for the home, the technology to use daylight more efficiently is developing fast; along with systems that couple more elaborate motion sensors with lighting are a possibility. With all of the lighting possibilities present now and being developed for future use, people will be able to pick and choose a lighting environment most suitable for their individual homes. In the near future, increasingly unique lighting will, most likely,…

17 October During the year 2008-2009 the Lighting Detectives are hosting a three-part Salon Series focused on “Residential Lighting: Past, Present, and Future.” Part 2 of the series titled: “Is the Incandescent Lamp being Phased Out?” picked apart this current event from many different angles, including the environment, technology, psychological, physiological, design, and cultural implications. by: hiroyuki miyake Discontinuation of the Incandescent Lamp! On May 14th, 2008 Toshiba used a two-page spread advertisement in a major newspaper to announce the discontinuation of incandescent lamp production. I think this is the first time that a light bulb has had this much press attention! Several years ago the government and different organizations started a campaign to replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps and now their production is in jeopardy. This is a revolutionary change for the lighting industry. Should the incandescent lamp be phased out? Electronic stores, mass media, and Internet users are voicing their discontent with the incandescent lamp with statements on how switching light bulbs is so ecological. However, the Lighting Detectives are not ready to throw away the incandescent lamp that easily. So we decided to investigate the reality of the incandescent lamp and then use actual homes in an incandescent lamp experiment to help validate our concerns and conclusions for salon part 2 of 3 in our residential lighting salon series. Special Guest from the Lighting Manufacturing Industry Guest speaker, Panasonic Electric Works Central Lighting Engineer, Mr….

11 July The Lighting Detectives hosted the first of three salons focusing on residential lighting Friday, July 11th at the New Maru Building Ecozzeria. The hall was packed with over 100 guest who listened intently to the speakers who presented; “Residential Lighting: Past, Present, Future ? Rediscovering Residential Lighting from the Past to Modern Day.” by: saiko tanuma During the fiscal year of 2008 ? 2009 the Lighting Detectives will be hosting a series of 3 salons, all focusing on the influences of residential lighting. In discussing the culture of lighting, residential lighting seems like the best and most important starting point, as we delve into and analyze the why`s, what`s, and how`s. Our first salon outlined the history of residential lighting, with an emphasis on the ideal form of lighting from past to present in Japan. Kaoru Mende, and members of the Lighting Detectives, also heard contributions from guest speaker, Kazuya Ura, architect and interior designer. First on the program, a report from a survey of the Yoshihara residence in Kyoto by Lighting Detective members, who relayed their findings about Japanese light and the lighting environment of an old, Japanese-style house. What kind of effects do the daily changes in natural light contribute to the lighting environment? What can be done in the light of a single lantern? These are just some of the thought provoking questions raised and discussed during their presentation. Mr. Ura presented examples of his…

5 March 2007 This month in cooperation with Yamagiwa Corp., we rented out the Space Studio in the Yamagiwa Livina Showroom in the Akihabara District of Tokyo. It is a big and spacious studio with designer furniture and light fixtures on display. by: yukiko saito Reported News, Surveys, and Events Toyosu City Walk…Ken Okamoto Shinjuku Urban Lighting Survey…Motoyo Ogawa Sendai City Lighting Survey…Daisuke Yano Transnational Tanteidan Forum 2006y…Saiko Tanuma URA Exhibition…Mikine Yamamoto Ginza Streetlight Competition…Saiko Tanuma Toyosu City Walk Lighting Detective Ken Okamoto reported on the walk around the Toyosu area on February 16th. Ken presented a quality analysis on the overall lay of the area, the lighting guidelines of the city, and a critic of what he observed on the walk. During the walk, teams broke up to observe lighting in the following areas: Lalaport shopping area, streets, residential, Shibaura Technical University, office buildings, and the waterfront. All teams joined in a discussion, trading observations, critics, and suggestions. Shinjuku Urban Lighting Survey Lighting Detective member Motoyo Ohgawa reported next on an urban lighting survey of Shinjuku. The team ventured to the Tokyo district on November 17th to survey the facade along Yasukuni Blvd., the continually transforming Shinjuku Station perimeter, and from a perch onto of a skyscraper, a birds-eye-view of the city. The team started early in the morning and worked through the night to the next morning to be able to see the changes in one continuous day….

17 October 2006 Reported News, Surveys, and Events Moon Watching in Sankei Garden…..Tsutomo Nagatsu,Yusuke Hatori Hiroshima Urban Lighting Survey….Tsutomo Nagatsu,Yuki Ogawa Taipei, Taiwan Lighting Survey…Mikene Yamamoto Mixed in with the houses of this quiet residential neighborhood is the D`s Labo Aoyama of Daiko Electric Company. The salon was held here in this comfortable half-basement conference room, stylishly decorated like an interior designers showroom. Reported by Tsutomo Nagatsu Moon Watching in Sankei Garden Detectives gathered at Yokohama`s Sankei Garden to view the harvest moon as it cast its light over the garden grounds, Japanese architecture, and pond, creating shadows and deep contrasts. On a clear night, the moon can be seen hanging over the pagoda and reflected in the pond. However, Mother Nature had other plans, and a howling storm chased us all inside. Chief Mende lectured on the history of Japanese light and members viewed a slide show of garden pictures taken on a planning trip earlier in the week. The moon shown bright on the screen, as everyone longed to go outside and greet the real man in the moon. Moon trivia also kept the salon audience entertained. Hiroshima Urban Lighting Survey August 5th through the 7th Hiroshima urban lighting survey included fieldwork at Itsukushima Shrine and viewing of the River of Light, softly lit lantern set afloat in the river, full of prayers for peace and as a symbol of remembrance as part of the Atomic Bomb Peace…

7 July 2006 The Lighting Detectives are always on the move and for this salon the party moved to the ERCO TOTO Showroom in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Reported by Motoyo Ogawa Reported News, Surveys, and Events Hakone City Walk…Momoko Muraoka Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Survey…Chiaki Tanigawa Light+Building 2006…Ken Okamoto & Mr. Nakamura from ERCO TOTO Lightfair International 2006…Chief Kaoru Mende Singapore Lighting Experiment…Chief Kaoru Mende Candle Night Summer Solstice 2006…Saiko Tanuma The night started with the most recent city walk to the hills of Hakone. The hydrangeas were in full bloom and specially illuminated for viewing from the slow ?moving mountain trolley. The little train chugged along as passengers ‘ooh’ed & ‘ah’ed over the colorful flowers and lighting display. Also close to home, a report from a recent survey of Tokyo’s Nihonbashi and Sumidagawa area and the Candle Night Summer Solstice Omotesando-Eco Avenue　Event. From here the discussion went abroad to Germany, Las Vegas, and Singapore. At the end of April, detective members traveled to Germany to attend the Light+Building　2006 in Frankfurt. For a full two days they were inspired, overwhelmed, and surprised by the simple power and beauty of light at the event. Mr. Nakamura from Erco Toto showed pictures of the Erco booth display and the Erco staple, yellow flowers. In comparison, Kaoru Mende presented and relayed information from a May lighting show in Las Vegas. Lastly, a short presentation on a recent lighting experiment at a busy downtown Singapore…

10 April 2006 Reported by Yukiko Saito Reported News, Surveys, and Events Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Riverwalk…Tsutomo Nagatsu Light Up Ninja: Singapore…Kaoru Mende Kyoto City Lighting Survey…Momoko Muraoka Kobe City Lighting Survey…Tsutomo Nagatsu Christmas Illumination Survey…Musashino Art U. Students Candle Night Winter Solstice 2005…Saiko Tanuma Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Riverwalk After a little bit of a dry spell, the Lighting Detectives gathered once again for the usual and unusual round table discussion at the Shibuya Headquarters. With so many events to report, the night started off with the most recent city walk, a chartered boat tour up the Nihonbashi and Sumidagawa Rivers. Seeing the city lights from the river is always exciting and a hot discussion of lighting pros and cons kept the river rats entertained. Light Up Ninja, Singapore Chief of the Lighting Detectives, Kaoru Mende, also reported on the first Light Up Ninja event in Singapore. The two-day workshop was held in November of last year at Singapore`s Duxton Plain Park. From the event photographs, participants of all ages were enthusiastic and creative in their lighting designs. Japanese City Lighting Survey The night continued with reports from our series on Japanese cities with lighting surveys from Kyoto and Kobe. Kyoto is always a beautiful city to view, but even the simplest street lights reflecting off the rain drenched streets added a mystical element to the photographs. Situated along the bay, Kobe was compared and contrasted to, twin city, Yokohama, also…

17 November, 2005 This month the Lighting Detectives rallied at the new Endo Lighting Corp. Aoyama Showroom for a bigger and better version of the regular salon session. The showroom accommodated 60+ detectives, a 3-screen slide show, and energy and enthusiasm to keep the discussion going for more than 2 hours. It was a more “formal” setting than our usual meetings and guests needing coaxing to sit in the front row, but all eyes and hears were on the presenters and their slides once the lights were dimmed. The agenda for the night gave the detectives a rare opportunity to compare and contrast the Japan bay cities of Nagasaki and Yokohama, watch footage from the Bali Kite Festival, and view in detail two monsters in the architecture world: Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum and Tadao Ando’s Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. To top the night off, the detectives were able to seek a peak at Endo Lighting products on display. The detective’s did not go home unsatisfied tonight! Reported News, Surveys, and Events Nagasaki City Lighting Survey…..Rachel Nakayama Yokohama City Lighting Survey…..Tsutomu Nagatsu Dallas / Fort Worth Lighting Survey…..Yosuke Hiraiwa City Walk: Akihabara…..Momoko Muraoka Light Up Ninja@Bali…..Ken Okamoto & Natsuko Ueda 2005 Transtantional TN Form in NYC…..Saiko Tanuma

28 July, 2005 At this session there were only a few topics on the table, which gave members an opportunity to discuss, in-depth, new products and ideas from the New York City Lighting Fair, the direction of and trends in Ginza lighting, and the festive events that unfolded at the most recent Candle Night Performance. This session was a welcomed breather from previous salons of fast-paced slideshows and long agendas. Members could freely exchange ideas and talk about lighting culture without a pressing schedule. Reported News, Surveys, and Events NYC Light Fair and Survey…..Akiko Okunaka City Walk: Ginza…..Ueda Natsuko Candle Night Summer Solstice 2005…..Saiko Tanuma

5 April, 2005 A large crowd of club members, from students to lighting professionals, gathered this evening to listen to and contribute to reports from the city walking tour team and their trek around the Emperor’s, reports on city lighting surveys in Sapporo and Fukuoka, exciting photograph and stories from a trip to see Alaskan Northern Lights, and a colorful display from lighting manufacture, Maxray. Imperial Palace Walking Tour The first report came from the city walking tour team and their 5km trek on March 25 around the Emperor’s Palace in the middle of Tokyo. The members gathered for the tour were further broken into two teams and the route was surveyed in two parts. Blue team members, Ken Okamoto and Yuki Ogawa, both presented digital pictures for the audience to see for themselves the contrast in lightness and darkness along the perimeter of the palace grounds from Yasukuni Shrine to Tokyo Station via Takebashi Bridge. Yellow team members, Aki Hayakawa and Rachel Nakayama, contributed their impressions of the tour on the opposite side of the palace with pictures including the moonlit moat and illumination of the Japan Budokan, Diet Building, and Tokyo Tower. Alaskan Aurora Borealis Club members Natsuko Ueda and Teruhiko Kubota stole the show with breathtaking slides of the Alaskan Northern Lights. The whispery green lights danced across the projection screen and into the hearts of the gathered club members as they relayed their accounts of waiting…

15 December 2004 The December Salon started off hot, with a post-Summer Olympic lighting survey report from Greece and pictures from the recent “City Flight Tour” over Tokyo. It was show time for the detectives as fantastic slide after slide revealed cloudless blue skies over the deep blue ocean of Santorini Island, incredible sunsets on the Mediterranean waters, and the quaint historic streets of Athens. We then moved on to pictures taken from a recent helicopter tour over Tokyo. Numerous pictures confirmed the complexity of this megalopolis, but at the same time the distance revealed the simplicity of Tokyo, so calm and peaceful from the view of the cockpit. The detectives also started a new series of reports about city lighting in Japan. This session we heard from Osaka and Nagoya, but look for other Japanese city lighting reports at future Salons. Reported News, Surveys, and Events City Walk: Tokyo Helicopter Tour…Kentaro Tanaka Athens & Santorini, Greece Lighting Survey…Saiko Tanuma Osaka City Lighting Survey…Yosuke Hiraiwa Nagoya City Lighting Survey…Ken Okamoto

6 August 2004 This month’s Salon included a variety of reports from members who traveled to places off the beaten track, globally and in our very own Tokyo, to survey, but of course lighting. The less glamorous countries and forgotten views of Tokyo help to give us, lighting designers and enthusiasts, fresh perspectives on everyday lighting and foreign lifestyles. Mumbai, Jejudo, Busan, and the Sumida River are place you might just vaguely recognize, but Lighting Detective members shared their stories and adventures of what they found and learned in these lesser-known, but equally interesting places. Reported News, Surveys, and Events City Walk: Sumida River Waterbus Tour + Asakusa…Natsuko Ueda Mumbai, India Lighting Survey…Kentaro Tanaka Korea 3 City Tour Lighting Survey…Aki Hayakawa Candle Night Summer 2004 Performance…Saiko Tanuma

31 May 2004 Back around the round table of the Lighting Detective Headquarters, club members gathered for another night of discussion, slideshows, and of course refreshments! This discussion included a whopping 3 overseas lighting survey reports, city walking tour pictures, and a report from club member, Musashino Art University student, Teruhiko Kubota on his recent trip to Italia. This was my first Salon, and I was surprised to see so many members with diverse backgrounds, students, lighting professionals, and others, who came together because a shared interesting in lighting to discuss, laugh, and be inspired. Reported News, Surveys, and Events Sydney, Australia Lighting Survey…Saiko Tanuma Las Vegas Light Fair Report and Survey…Ken Okamoto Messe Frankfurt Light Fair Report…Kaoru Mende Paris Lighting Survey…Kaoru Mende City Walk: Minato Mirai Subway Line…Chika Tanaka Travels: Roma, Italia Report…Teruhiko Kubota

28 January 2004 The Lighting Detectives have left the building, and moved this month’s Salon to the Color Kinetics Japan Showroom. Recently, most of the Lighting Detective round-table discussions have been held at the headquarters in Shibuya, but with the help of Color Kinetics, we were able to bring a group of about 30 club members to the showroom for discussion, slideshows, and CK product review. As LED lighting is becoming more and more visible, this was an excellent opportunity to see CK products in action and inspect them with our own eyes. We also had the pleasure of special guests, Satoshi Uchihara and Mayumi Watanuki, both lighting designers who designed the recently opened Tokyo Dome City LaQua. Chief Mende and other members had a lively discussion about LaQua, as this was the venue for the most recent city walk tour. Reported News, Surveys, and Events City Walk: LaQua…..Kaoru Mende Discussion: LaQua…..Kaoru Mende with Special Guests: Lighting Designers Satoshi Uchihara & Mayumi Watanuki Bunkyo Ward Shopping Center 330°View Obervation Deck Nightscape Survey…..Ken Okamoto Oita Pref. Takigi Noh Drama Performance:…..Junko Inomoto Candle Night Winter 2003 Performance…..Saiko Tanuma Italia Lighting Survey…..Yaeko Hashimoto Color Kinetics Product Demostration