Every Friday, we post photos collected from the detectives embers on Facebook and INSTAGRAM.This year, we decided to hold a photo competition to collect more unique and fun photos. The theme is “Lighting at Dining or for Eating & Drinking Time”. There may be more opportunities to dine out with friends, colleagues, and family after almost all restrictions for COVID were removed.Therefore, we have chosen ” Lighting at Dining or for Eating & Drinking Time ” as the theme of the competition. The competition outline is as follows. Multiple entries are allowed.We have prepared a gorgeous prize!! We are waiting for your best photo! ≪Competition Outline≫ -Theme: ” Lighting at Dining or for Eating & Drinking Time “-Deadline: September 17 (Sun.)　Mid-night, TOKYO TIME-Prize:Grand Prize: 1　Excellence Award: 2Award of Merit : 3-Judges　Chief of the Lighting Detectives  Kaoru MENDETransnational Lighting Detectives Core Members  Charles Stone, Aleksandra StratimirovicLighting Detectives Member  Shunichi Ikeda-How to enter: Google Form (https://forms.gle/6MZPxo5kTx9p621C9)If you cannot enter via Google Form, please send your photo with the following information by e-mail(office@shomei-tanteidan.org).Name/ Affiliation/ Date and time of shooting/ Location/ Comments about the photo Good Luck!!

We will have another night walk event in Tokyo titled “Let’s look for dark spot in Tokyo” in search of a little coolness.We usually walk around the city looking at the lights, but this time we decided to look for the darkness. Many parks were suggested as night walk candidates, but we decided to focus on “side walk with greens” where people usually pass by.  We would like to make this an opportunity to discuss good and bad darkness. Please join us!! We are planning to hold a town walk in the Kansai area around the end of August in Kyoto, so please wait for a while for the announcement. ≪Outline of Night Walk≫ Date and time: Thursday, August 17, 18:30-22:00Meeting place: Sangenjaya, walking along the greenway around Sangenjaya.Fee: 2,000 yen (for dinner after the night walk)Registration: Please send an e-mail to office@shomei-tanteidan.org with your name, affiliation, cell phone number, e-mail address, and whether you have a light meter or not by Thursday, July 27, 2023. We look forward to seeing you there.

We will have another night walk event in Tokyo.This time, we will walk around Yaesu, which is currently undergoing rapid development. Following Marunouchi side, the other side of Tokyo Station, the Yaesu side is being developed rapidly, and the tallest building in Japan will be completed within several years. We would like to walk around Yaesu, and keep a record and memory of it. 【Outline of the night walk in Yaesu】 -Date and Time: Friday, March 24, 18:30-22:00-Meet: Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit -Fee: 2000 yen (for the food and drink)-Registration: Please send an e-mail to office@shomei-tanteidan.org with your name, affiliation, cell phone number, e-mail address, and whether or not you have a lux meter by Friday, March 17.※This event is limited to members only.

The annual Report Meeting will be held as follows.This event is for Tanteidan members only. If you wish to attend, please register by sending an e-mail (office@shomei-tanteidan.org)with your name and affiliation by Thursday, November 24. We are currently planning fun contents as well as activity reports.We look forward to seeing you there. Date and time: Friday, December 09, 2022 19: 00-21:00 (Japan Time)Venue: ZOOM (URL will be sent later )

Instagram Live Vol. 2 from Akabane Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15, 19:00~.we will hold Instagram-live from Akabane, Mr. Mende’s hometown.Comments and questions are welcome. https://www.instagram.com/lightingdetectives/  

We will have another night walk events in Tokyo and Kobe in Japan. The theme of night walk this time is “Lighting of areas of young generation”.We would like to focus on places that are the originators of youth culture.In Tokyo, the event will be held in Shimokitazawa, and in Kansai, in Kobe.In Tokyo, we will gather in one place for the first time in a while and divide into groups.In Kansai, we will gather at the Mt. Maya Observatory to see whole Kobe’s nightscape, and then descend the mountain for a walk around Sannomiya area. The schedule for each area is as follows.Please indicate which you would like to participate in (1) or (2) and fill in the other necessary information, and send an e-mail to office@shomei-tanteidan.org by Monday, November 7. 【Outline of each night walk】(1) Tokyo Shimokitazawa Street Walk-Date and time: Friday, November 25, 18:00-22:00-Meet: Around Shimokitazawa Station-Admission: 2000 yen (for social gathering)-RSVP Email office@shomei-tanteidan.org with your name/affiliation/mobile phone number / Email address (2) Kobe City Walk-Date and Time: Saturday, November 26, 16:30-22:00-Meet: Mt. Maya Observatory-Admission: Fee to cover Food and Drinks after the night walk(amount to be determined). -RSVP: office@shomei-tanteidan.org with your name/affiliation/mobile number/ Email address

Lighting Detectives will hold a children’s workshop in October, which has been stopped since 2019 due to the pandemic.Since we are still concerned about the indoor workshop, we have decided to do the popular boat tour again in Tokyo.If you would like to participate, please send us an e-mail with the following information by Monday, September 19.Children of Tanteidan members and their friends are welcome to participate.Please be advised that if there are too many entrees, a drawing will be held.Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. ≪Outline of the event≫ ■Date and time: Saturday, October 22, 17:00-19:00■Meeting place: Nihombashi Pier (2-minute walk from Exit B6 of Tokyo Metro Mitsukoshimae Station)■Target: Kindergarten/nursery school students from senior high school to junior high school■Admission fee: Free of charge■How to apply: Please send an e-mail to office@shomei-tanteidan.org with the following information.-Name of applicant-Name of child-Age of the child-Contact information– Names and ages of all children if applying for more than one child■Application deadline: Friday, October 14th We look forward to seeing you at the event.

Detective YouTube Live Streaming / Lounge Talk with MENDE and His Friends @ Lighting Detective Lounge It has been a while since video became a mainstream tool for disseminating information.The Lighting Detective has started video contents to let people know about our activities more. In August, we will start a new content, “Detective YouTube Live Streaming / Lounge Talk with MENDE and His Friends @ Lighting Detective Lounge.”This is a content in which our chief Mende invites guests and enjoys talking with them over drinks. For the first streaming, we invite Mr. Naomitsu Tokieda, Advisor of Toki Corporation, who has participated our activities since its foundation, to share his memories of the Detectives. Please subscribe to the Lighting Detectives’ YouTube channel and stand by!If you have any questions for Mr. Mende and Mr. Tokieda, please email us in advance at office@shomei-tanteidan.org or leave them in the comments section on YouTube on the day of the event. Session 1: Friday, August 26, 19:00 – 20:00　Guest: Mr. Naomitsu Tokieda, Advisor and Chairman, Toki CorporationLighting Detectives  YouTube Channel Stay tuned！

Join us for our next activity in Singapore at Maxwell Food Center on July 8 and 9th from 7 to 9pm! In conjunction with the closing of the Venice biennale home coming exhibition held at URA, we are doing light-up event in Maxwell . How can we transform our dining experience in a hawker center better with light? The event is free for all, but seats are limited to 20!!See you all at Maxwell . ️#biennalearchitettura2021 #singaporepavilion #howwillwelivetogether

Under the theme of “Light in Old Port Towns and Waterfront,” we are currently holding city night walks in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka, and will hold a review of these city walks online as follows. If you would like to participate, please send us an e-mail with the necessary information by July 4. We look forward to your participation. ≪City Night Walk Review Online Salon≫ -Date and time: Friday, July 29, 19:00 – 21:00 (Japan time) -Place: ZOOM -Language: Japanese -How to apply: Please send us an e-mail to office@shomei-tanteidan.org with your name and affiliation. Thanks.

We will hold our first city night walk this year in Tokyo with small group. Theme: Light in Old Port Towns and Waterfront AreasThere are many cities and towns in Japan that have developed with ports.  Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, and many other cities with historical and cultural value still retain their architecture. ■The theme of the night walk will be “lights on the waterfront,” not only in ports, but also in cities with a high affinity for water.■Dates: During June *Each group will discuss the date of night walk.■Tentative night walk areas: If you have areas you would like to participate in, including but not limited to the areas listed below, please let us know. If there is an area you would like to survey but you do not have anyone to accompany you, etc., we will make some arrangement. Please feel free to make suggestions. A, Sumida RiverB, YokohamaC, Kobe　D, OsakaE, Nagasaki If you wish to participate, please fill out the followings and send it via e-mail (office@shomei-tanteidan.org) by Tuesday, May 31. 1、 Name2、 Affiliation3、 Desired area4、 Illuminance meter5、 Mobile phone number We look forward to receiving your participation.

Don’t forget to be online and join us tonight Apr. 21st from 8:00 pm (GMT+8) as we walk through Kampong Glam tonight with Kaoru Mende in Singapore!The season of festivities are here for our Muslim friends and we will join them at Sultan Masjid and Haji Lane area to be wowed by the cultural lights. https://www.instagram.com/lightingdetectives/

Architekturwoche Basel (AWB) which contains more than 100 events related architecture will be held from 9-15 May 2022 in Basel, Switzerland.  Lighting Detectives helps night walk program.  Please check AWB official website for more details.   Night walk programs /Light and space in Basel’s night Night walk with a group of maximum 35 people in the Dreispitz  and Klybeck areas. We observe the outdoor lighting and subsequently discuss and change the space on site with portable light sources. The goal is to promote the perception and debate of light and architecture through real-life experimentation. The program is developed by hübschergestaltet GmbH in collaboration with the Lighting Detectives, a non-profit group dedicated to the study of lighting culture through hands-on methods. Bring a flashlight! １，Dreispitz AreaDate & Time : Tuesday, 10 May  21:00–23:00Admission : Reservation/ticket required  contact@huebschergestaltet.chLanguage : GermanMore information:https://architekturwochebasel.ch/en/events/city-night-walk-dreispitz/Host : Hübschergestaltet GmbH, unabhängige Lichtgestaltung #architekturwochebasel #awb2022 #dreispitz #hübschergestaltet #lightingdetectivesInstagram：@huebschergestaltet ２，Klybeck area. Date & Time : Friday, 13 May  21:00–23:00Admission : Reservation/ticket required  contact@huebschergestaltet.chLanguage : GermanMore information：https://architekturwochebasel.ch/en/events/city-night-walk-klybeck/Host : Hübschergestaltet GmbH, unabhängige Lichtgestaltung #architekturwochebasel #awb2022 #klybeck #hübschergestaltet #lightingdetectivesInstagram：@huebschergestaltet

Instagram Live streaming From the lounge of the LPA, the chief, Mr. Mende, and I will talk about our activity plans for 2022 on Instagram Live. Please follow the Tanteidan’s Instagram and stand by.We are welcome to have any questions or comments during Insta Live! Live date and time: Friday, April 1, 19:00-20:00 (Japan Time)Instagram ID: lightingdetectives ※All conversation will be carried out in Japanese, but if you ask questions in English, we are happy to answer your questions in English.

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The salon that reviews the city night walk having been carried out this month will be held online.Please feel free to join us even if you miss the city walk. If you would like to participate, please apply by November 25 (Thu) via Google Form (https://forms.gle/H72pMYiGUMdnt3789). ◇Outline◇Night Walk Review◇Platform:　ZOOM◇DATE：Thursday, December 2nd, 19:00-20:30, (Tokyo Time)◇DETAILS： A review from each leader of what heroes and villains were found during the city night walk.◇Areas to review : The following areas will be reviewed1) Shibuya Toilet Project & Shibuya Sky2)Tokyo Station & Marunouchi area　　3) Omotesando area4) Asakusa Rooster Market5) Kyoto Station and its surrounding area6) Nagoya7)Hamamatsu-cho If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail(office@shomei-tanteidan.org).We look forward to your participation.

The annual gathering will be held online. We are planning to make it fun and rich content even online.If you would like to attend, please send us an email by Monday, November 22 to register. The event will be held in Japanese. Sorry… Date and time: Friday, December 10, 2021, 19: 00-20: 30Venue: ZOOM (URL will be sent later )How to apply: by email to office@shomei-tanteidan.org  with the information below. -Full name-Company / school / organization name We look forward to your participation. ※This event is limited to the members.

Hope the COVID-19 situation in your area has been better.In Japan, the number of PCR-positive people is decreasing day by day, and the cities seem to be getting much more lively again. So we would like to have a small group nightwalk in the following area in Japan.The following is an outline of the city walk, but you can apply as a group and freely decide the area to walk.If you are participating from outside Japan, please make a group of two or three people and walk in the area near you and share the outcome in the zoom session afterward. ***Outline of nightwalk in Japan*** -Date and time: In November: We will arrange a date for each area.-Location: Please indicate your preferred area when you apply. 1, Around Takeshiba2, Sky Tree or Tokyo Tower or Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office?　Observing the night view from Shibuya Sky3, Around Omiya　　4, Around Chiba Station5, Shibuya toilet project #36, Harumi Flag7, Omotesando approach8, Ariake Garden Area9, Tokyo Station – Marunouchi area10, Monzennakacho11, Kyoto Station and its vicinity -Number of participants: 3 to 4 per areae If you would like to join the nightwalk, please contact via contact form.      

We had the Lighting Detective’s first live broadcast of a city night walk. The members of the detective who broadcasted from the sight may not have been able to see the other broadcasts. So, We would like to hold another ZOOM salon to review the city walk. This is a member-only event, so if you would like to join this salon, please consider becoming a member. Please check how to become a member page. ***Event Outline*** Review of Live Streaming of City Walk ◇Platform: ZOOM ◇Date: Wednesday, July 28th, 19:00-20:30 (Tokyo Time) ◇Details: Review from each leader on what heroes of light and criminals were found during the city walk held on July 9. ◇Language: Japanese ◇Night Walk Location (1) Shibuya Toilet Project (2) Waters Takeshiba (3) Toranomon　 (4) Tachikawa (5) Kyoto (6) Beijing (7) Shenyang (8) Hangzhou

Hope the COVID-19 situation is getting better in your area.Japan chapter is now planning to have small group night walk surveys and broadcast them during this night walk.If you are interested, please check the details below and RSVP from the URL.   Event Outline: Theme “Hot Spot Now”Live broadcast from the hottest and newly opened spots. ◇Platform: ZOOM◇Dates＆time: Friday, July 9th, 19:00-20:30 (Tokyo Time)◇Language: Japanese◇Details-All participants join this event via ZOOM. During the on-site broadcast, Q&A session will be held.-MC: (Mende / Higashi)-Each area will be broadcasted for about 5 to 10 minutes. ◇Candidate areas for the survey: (1) Shibuya Toilet Project(2) Waters Takeshiba, Tokyo Port City Takeshiba(3) Olympic related facilities(4) Toranomon Station and redevelopment area around the station　(5) Tachikawa(6)Osaka/Kobe (from river and sea)(7) Kyoto(8) Others, HK, Singapore, Nagoya, Fukuoka, etc. If you would like to broadcast, please specify the area you would like to broadcast from when you apply. ◇RSVP: https://forms.gle/nthsDaurCGXDE8sG6 Looking forward to hearing from you.