3 day student workshop 20252025.09.13-09.15 Noriko Higashi This year marks the fourth time the Lighting Design Workshop has been held. Nineteen students gathered from all over Japan to spend three days thoroughly learning about lighting des…

2025.06.26 Yumi Honda +Qiaoxi Wang+ Momoe Nomura We observed and recorded the nighttime light environment of the newly developed commercial complex Senkyaku Banrai in the Tokyo Bay Area and its surrounding public spaces (green plaza, statio…

Hikaru Kimura Due to the impact of the COVID-19, the Lighting Detectives have voluntarily suspended in-person activities since 2020. While we haven’t been able to conduct our usual activities, we’ve been exploring new methods, s…

Singapore Archifest 20252025.07.18 Josephine Kwan As part of the annual architecture festival in Singapore, Archifest 2025 invited us to host a special Lighting Detectives session in the East Coast.The Katong–Joo Chiat district, celebrated …

Tanteidan Jr. Kids Light Odyssey2025.08.21-08.23 　Kayo Sasamoto + Noriko Higashi At the request of the incorporated association TOCOL, we held children’s workshops in three locations in Aomori Prefecture: Nanbu Town, Hachinohe, and Hi…

Tokyo River Tour: Nihonbashi River + Kanda River + Sumida River2022.10.22　　Sachiko Segawa + Mami Kono + Noriko Higashi The day after “Day of Light”, on October 22, we held a kids’ workshop for the first time in about three years. Due to COV…

3-day Student Workshop2022.09.17-19 Noriko Higashi We held a three-day introductory workshop on lighting design, where professional designers from LPA shared their expertise. A total of 23 university students participated, making it a highl…

The Lighting Environment of a Cultural Hub 2022.11.25 ＆ 26　　Naoko Oguchi, Shinichi Sakaguchi, Ryuji Hatta, Tomoya Furukawa, Azumi Okubo, Mutsuo Honma For the first time in three years since 2019, we held a night walk survey where everyone g…

First Light-up Ninja in China!2025.06.11-06.12 Huangyi Lin Lighting Detectives debuted Light-up Ninja in China (June 2025, Guangzhou). Students created temporary night art with communities, combating light villains through sustainable urban…

2025.04.25 Shinichi Sakaguchi + Naoko Oguchi + Noriko HIgashi The enormous terminal station of Tachikawa, with a combined daily ridership of about 410,000 passengers on JR and the Tama Toshi Monorail. The Lighting Detectives had visited Tac…

2025.05.27 Momoe Nomura + Noriko Higashi A follow-up meeting was held to review the night walk survey in Tachikawa conducted in April. Members gathered at the LPA office in Tsukuda and enjoyed lunch boxes while engaging in lively discussion…

Yaesu & Otsu Night Walk Review 2023.04.28　　Noriko Higashi For the first time in about three years, the Lighting Detectives held an offline (actually a hybrid connecting with Kansai) Lighting Detectives Salon. This was the first salon si…

2023.03.24 & 04.21　Satoshi Tamura+ Amane Kotani+ Noriko Higashi+ Shouya Koizumi+ Moana Osakabe+ Hina Inagawa The first Lighting Detectives activity of 2023 was a night walk survey in Yaesu, where Midtown Yaesu opened in March and large-…

2025.1.16 Noriko Higashi In past years, we held a joint year-end activity report meeting with the Lighting Detectives’ corporate sponsors and members. However, this year we decided to hold separate gatherings. The aim was to create a more r…

2025.01.15-01.19 Masafumi Yamamoto + Yuichi Anzai About 65 years ago, a vast area at the foothills of the Himalayas was divided into districts for government functions, commerce, education, and residences, with separated roads, creating a l…

2025.04.19 Hikaru Kimura + Noriko Higashi When we first held a workshop in Hida Furukawa in 2023, city hall staff told us just how deeply the people of Furukawa cherish their festival. At the Hida Furukawa Festival Exhibition Hall, we were …

2025.01.08-01.11 Misuzu Nakamura + Sachiko Segawa Kitakyushu City was finally ranked No.1 in the latest “New Three Great Nightscapes of Japan” by the Night View Tourism Convention Bureau. The city has actively utilized its local assets—such…

2024.11.21-11.22 Shunichi Ikeda + Yuta Shibata Yokkaichi has developed as an industrial city. The striking contrast between its dazzling factory nightscape and the increasingly organized city center stands out. We conducted a survey of the …

2024.10.01-10.05 Atsushi Itakura & Genki Watanab When thinking of Mongolia, many people may imagine vast grasslands and nomadic gers, but therapidly developing capital city of Ulaanbaatar also deserves attention.Despite being only about…

Hide and Seek with Light, a reflective art workshop2024.12.19 Hu Lin + Xianyu Liu + Huangyi Lin On 19 December 2024, Lighting Detectives returned to Shenzhen, promoting sustainable urban design and light pollution awareness through creative…