For each City Walk a survey theme is decided, afterwards, observations from the walk are reported around the table at the Salon . This event is the base activity for the Lighting Detectives and is held regularly for Lighting Detective Club Members. Lets look at some of the past walks and salons.

City Walks

Bay City Lights of Yokohama

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28 Septmber 2007 Night Gazing in Yokohama …by: natsuko ueda It has been a long time since the Lighting Detectives have been walked Yokohama. This autumn evening 24 members participated in the walk, along with member of the Yokohama Ci…

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Tokyo Midtown City Walk

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01 August 2007 Searching for Heroes and Villains of Light The Roppongi One-Mile. In a one-mile radius (1.6 km), there are over 40 embassies, 9 international schools, and National Art Center, Mori Art Museum, and Suntory Museum of Art comple…

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“Toyosu” Walking Tour / Lighting Survey – Shinjyuku, Sendai / Ginza Streetlight Competition, and more.

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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 dis…

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Toyosu City Walk

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16 February 2007 As new condominiums keep popping up everywhere, the new area of focus is the Toyosu District. Large-scale commercial facilities and a university campus also complete this “model” for new urban planning. As the cold winds of…

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Moon Watching at “Sankeien Garden” / Lighting Survey – Hiroshima, Taipei

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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 h…

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Moon Watching at Sankeien Garden, Yokohama

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06 October 2006 Now that the heat of the summer is over, the Lighting Detectives converged on Sankeien Garden in Yokohama to see the new harvest moon glow over traditional Japanese architecture and garden grounds and experience moonlight. E…

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“Hakone” Walking Tour / Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Survey, plus more.

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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 Nihon…

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The Hydrangea Hillsides of Hakone

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28 June 2006 Survey by: Momoko Muraoka From Shinjuku to Hakone, we left Shinjuku Station one June evening on the Romance Train bound for the illumination of the beautiful hydrangea of the Hakone hills. From the Romance Train we all cramped …

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Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Riverwalk / Light Up Ninja in Singapore / Lighting Survey / Christmas Illuminations

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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…Tsuto…

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Nihonbashi & Sumidagawa Riverwalk

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20 March 2006 Redevelopment in Tokyo is at an all time high, but with big construction comes consequence. On this city walk 26 lighting detective set off on a river tour to rediscover Nihonbashi and Sumida Rivers. As more and more light is …

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“Akihabara” Walking Tour / Lighting Survey – Nagasaki, Yokohama, Dallas, Fort Worth, plus more…

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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 e…

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Akihabara: Change and Progress in Electric Town

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9 November 2005 Akihabara, home of the latest and greatest in electronic technology, is not just a place for the “otaku” any more. While the “super-nerds” scour the electronic stores for the newest gadget, urban redevelopment is re-shaping …

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“Ginza” Walking Tour, NYC Light Fair Survey Reports

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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…

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Ginza: A New Trend in Lighting

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12 July 2005 The best part about the Ginza Distirct is that it is mirror of present times and its trends. And just by looking at boutiques such as, Chanel, Louise Vitton, or Christian Dior, one can see that a catchy facade is the latest arc…

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“Imperial Palace” Walking Tour, Fukuoka and Sapporo City Lighting Survey Reports, Alaska Aurora Borealis Report, plus more…

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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 li…

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Imperial Palace: The Last Refuge of Darkness in Tokyo

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25 March 2005 With a full moon to guide us, 20 lighting detectives gathered at Kudashita Station on this early spring evening to walk around the Emperor’s Palace in search of any darkness left behind in the glaring commercialism of Tokyo. W…

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City Walk “Tokyo Helicopter Tour” / Lighting Survey – Athens & Santorini, Osaka, Nagoya

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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 slid…

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Tokyo Helicopter Tour

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15 December 2004 After a 10-minute bus ride from Shinkiba Station, the Lighting Detectives found themselves at the Asahi Helicopter Heliport ready for a fantastic 8-minute flight over Tokyo. The small, 6-passenger helicopter would take us u…

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City Walk “Sumida River Waterbus Tour” / Lighting Survey – Mumbai, Korea

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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…

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Sumida River Waterbus Tour + Asakusa

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29 July 2004 It was a hot July evening when the 22 Lighting Detectives gathered at Hinode Pier to board the waterbus for a 50-minute tour down the Sumida River to Asakusa. It was early in the evening, just after dusk, and the lights from Od…