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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 darkness and cultural storytelling. From June 11 to 12, 2025, the “Light up Ninja” flash mob popped up in Nanting Village, Guangzhou University Town—lighting up the night for a moment, then quietly withdrawing. This was the first-ever ‘Light up Ninja’ event in China. We co-organized it with the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, whose faculty members Prof. Lin Hong, Yang Yiding, and Lu Haifeng were excited to join. The event also received support from the Guangzhou Lighting Society and sponsorship, including technical expertise, from CDN Lighting. The main purpose of the event was not to light up the monumental kind, often found extravagantly lighting up towers, bridges, or castles. Instead, it involved simple experiments to find appeal in the typical, by illuminating scenes buried in daily life. We wanted students to learn not just about adding light, but also about eliminating unnecessary or unpleasant light to create beauty and comfort in the nightscape closest to us. ■ DAY 1: June 11Around 30 students, along with LPA and CDN staff and professors, gathered at GAFA’s Art and Light Environment Lab for the opening ceremony. Prof. Lin Hong gave a talk on “Nightscape Lighting for Nocturnal Living,” while Mr. Mende presented “Future of Urban Lighting” and “About Lighting Detectives.” Noriko Higashi then…

date of Issue：May 16, 2018 ・Activity 1 / The 60th Night Walk: Jiyugaoka（2018/04/06） ・Activity 2 / The 58th Salon: Jiyugaoka Night Walk Review （2018/04/16） ・Activity 3 / Lighting Detectives General Meeting & Introductory Workshop （2018/05/08） The 60th Night Walk: Jiyugaoka 2018/04/06　　Naoko Oguchi + Shinichi Sakaguchi + Daisuke Miura + Wenyuan Zhang Night Walk Map Jiyugaoka, a neighborhood renowned for being fashionable. Each street has a name, such as Jiyudori, Gakuen-dori, Marie Claire-dori, Maple-dori, and Megami-dori. They are lined with a high concentration of shops selling miscellaneous goods, cafes, and sweets that make you want to stop and browse. We investigated whether the nighttime lighting was as stylish as the neighborhood’s reputation. Jiyugaoka also ranks high on lists of “most desirable places to live.” This time, we conducted a Night Walk Survey on the various streets extending from Jiyugaoka Station, focusing on their “stylish” appeal. Member Oguchi Explaining the Night Walk Survey Overview Hiro Street, which received many votes as a hero Streetlights Attached to Residences on Shirakaba Street In the side alleys, there were also small streets that felt like you were being drawn in by the light of the paper lanterns The Unbalanced Streetlights of Green Street People Relaxing on Benches on Green Street Street light at residential area　(4300K、19lux at ground level) Too many spotlights were installed on the wall surface The Get-together After the Night Walk Survey ■Team A (Shirakaba Street, Gakuen Street, Residential Area) Team A first…

Date of Issue: 16 December, 2024・-Activity 1/ City Night Survey –Cairo＆Giza, Ezypt（2024.10.31-11.3）・-Activity 2/  Visiting Tanteidan in Hida Kamiokamachi (2024.11.15）・-Activity 3/ Nightwalk : Kagurazaka, Tokyo (2024.11.18) City Night Survey: Cairo&Giza, Egypt2024.10.31-11.3 Makalin Wongchinchai + Stell Li Egypt, land of secrets, a place full of history, mystery and amazing stories. We wanted to see not only thefamous pyramids, but also a lot of interesting cities and lightings in the night. To explore the lighting in Egyptian daily life, we chose to visit two main cities in Greater Cairo Area for four days. ■Introduction Egypt, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, is home to the pyramids, deserts, the Nile, and its vibrant capital, Cairo, where ancient and modern worlds meet.To explore this one of the most historical countries in the world, we chose to visit two main cities in Greater Cairo Area —Cairo (the captial city of Egypt) and Giza (with Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ).As the sun sets over the city, Cairo & Giza transforms into a dazzling display of lights and enchantment. The bustling streets come alive with vibrant energy. As locals and visitors alike gather in cafes, shisha lounges, and bazaars, embracing the rich Egyptian culture that thrives well into the night, we surveyed lightings on Cairo & Giza’s daily life. ■Cairo The Khan el-Khalili market has always been a hub of trade and commerce since it was established in 14th century. Walking in this…

2012.11.23-24 “Light Up Autumn Foliage in Edo Tokyo Open-Air Architectural Museum” At the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, “Light up Architecture and Autumn Foliage” was held during a three day holiday in November. The first two days included a children’s lantern making workshop and walks through the trees to experience darkness in the woods. With children, we had a wonderful time enjoying old houses, irori fire place and a night without light. Contents we had were as below ・Lantern making workshop ・Lantern Parade ・Experience the dark ・Experience old time fire place, Irori.

Singapore Night Walk@Geylang Serai Street Culture 2018/06/08 Mayumi Banno＋Sunyoung Hwang＋Sherri Goh Geylang Serai is one of the oldest Malay settlements in Singapore. The significance of early Geylang Serai lies not in its architectural features but in its reputation as the Malay emporium of Singapore, known to Malays in the Malay Archipelago including Malaya, Brunei and Indonesia. Geylang Night Walk attendees outside Wisma Geylang! Festive Lighting at the main street between Eunos and Paya Lebar. Gathering attendees at the crowded square outside the MRT station. Dark open plaza between two shopping malls outside the MRT station. ■Singapore Night Walk No.2 – Street Culture: Geylang A week before Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Lighting Detectives set out to see what the hustle and bustle in Geylang Serai was all about. The heart of the festival was set in the eastern fringe of Singapore. Boasting more than 800 stalls selling food, drink and wares, this old Malay settlement was swarming with hordes of people soaking in the festivities. We had 7 participants from the public meet at Paya Lebar Exit A at 1900h on Friday 8th June 2018. It was extremely crowded and we had a tough time looking to gather the attendees. After introductions, we set out to survey the open plaza area between the new malls at the station. Singpost Center had a structure at the entrance in celebration of the festival, despite it being out of the Malay village. There were no…