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…

Date of Issue: 12 July, 2024-Activity 1 / City Night Survey – Pu’er City Yunnan, China（2023.12.08 – 12.13）Lighting Detectives Newsletter Vol.131 Download PDF City Night Survey – Pu’er City Yunnan, China Nightscape in Jingmai Mountain2023.12.08 – 12.13 Kyoko Takubo + Hongna Chen Located on the southwest border of China, Jingmai Mountain is the birthplace of Pu’er tea, where the indigenous people have created an ancient tea forest cultural landscape, which was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in September 2023.While working on the project, we became interested in the local culture. So we decided to survey the villages at night and to observe and report the impact of tourism development on the local nightscape. ■Introduction Visiting Jingmai Mountain isn’t easy. First, spend the night in Kunming, then leave early morning for the destination by plane or train.We had planned to fly from Langcang Jingmai airport, but our flight was suddenly cancelled. So we had to travel to Pu’er by train and grab a cab to Jingmai Mountain.During our stay, we were based in Huimin Town where our project TEA CELLAR is located. We visited Nuogang Village, Wengji Village, and Jingmai Village to observe the people’s daily life and the nightscape there. ■ Nuogang Village Nuogang Village is a historic village of the Dai tribe, where the villagers have maintained their traditional lifestyle. The first floor of the house, with its distinctive gabled roof, is used for tea production and for…

Darkness and Irori (Hearth) Experience Workshop 2018/12/01 Simeng Huang This was our first children’s workshop at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in four years. To teach the children the importance of darkness and minimal light, we had most of the park’s illumination turned off after closing hours. The children were then able to experience how their five senses work in the dark. Illuminating the roof with flashlights and color filters Applying the flashlight beam as instructed by chief Mende Illumination experiments using various colors We held a children’s workshop at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum on December 1st, just as the cold weather was becoming severe. This time, we conducted three activities: Light-up Ninja, Darkness Experience, and Irori (Hearth) Experience.After the orientation, 17 elementary and junior high school students gathered in front of the Kodakara-yu (public bathhouse) in the park, carrying flashlights and color filters. Following chief Mende’s instructions, they illuminated the walls and signs of the building, changing the colors with red, blue, green, pink, and orange filters. Blue light was the most popular, and the consensus was that blue light looked best on the white plaster walls of the Kodakara-yu. When they lit up the large willow tree next to it, although we expected green to be popular, the opinion was that the white light without a filter was the best.After the light-up, we toured the park to see the nighttime appearance of old Japanese buildings….

Review of Kyoto & Sangenjaya Night Walk 2023.10.27　　Yuki Ito Very lively discussion on the theme of darkness Today’s salon was a review of the night walk surveys focusing on the darkness of the city. It was a hybrid session with online participants from Kyoto as well. There was a friendly atmosphere in the LPA studio even before the session started, so much so that the students from Kyoto who participated online might have felt a little left out. Under the theme of darkness, we discussed what kind of darkness lurks in each area and what kind of light lurks in the darkness. For the Kyoto city walking review, the presentations focused on historical buildings and cityscapes unique to Kyoto. While some participants commented that they felt a sense of calmness in dimly lit spaces with only streetlights lining the precincts, they also discovered that some streetlights were too bright and were harming the darkness of the precincts. The LPA office was impressed by the keen perspective of the surveyors in Kyoto. Since the theme is darkness, the entire slide is finished in black In the Sangenjaya Night Walk Survey review, each group walked mainly along the greenway and talked about the various dark spots they found along the way. The opinions of each group were divided about the streetlights lining the greenway. Some said that the light blocked by the trees was not good for illumination, while others said that the…

Date of Issue: April 30,2025・Activity 1/ City Night Survey: Yokkaichi（2024.11.21-11.22）・Activity 2/ City Night Survey: Kitakyushu（2025.01.08-01.11） City Night Survey: Yokkaichi, Mie2024.11.21-11.22 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 urban lighting where industry and daily life coexist. ■About Yokkaichi Yokkaichi has a long history, having developed as a port town facing Ise Bay. During the Edo period, it prospered as a post station along the Tokaido route. The city’s name originates from the markets that were held on days ending in “4.”After World War II, Yokkaichi grew as an industrial city with the construction of a petrochemical complex during Japan’s period of rapid economic growth. However, air pollutants emitted from the complex caused a serious pollution-related illness known as Yokkaichi asthma.Today, the city has regained a comfortable living environment. Residential areas, shopping streets, and everyday life now extend right alongside the industrial zones. ■3D Factory Nightscape Yokkaichi, with its history of industrial development, began drawing attention during the early 2000s factory nightscape boom. The expansive factory nightscape of the Yokkaichi petrochemical complex, which stretches about 10 kilometers north to south, is counted among Japan’s five greatest factory nightscapes. What makes it especially unique is that the nightscape can be viewed from the sky, land, and sea—earning it the nickname “3D Nightscape.” Particularly photogenic views of the…