>> Turn off the Lights and Watch the Stars on October 17--Lights-Down Event in Kofu Valley
>> Candle Night Summer Solstice 2009--Report on June 21
>> Event report: Dim It 2009--Hong Kong
>> Enjoy the Starlight--The International Year of Astronomy 2009
>> Event: 'Dim It' in Hong Kong-- Lights-out Event on June 21 (Updated)
>> Many People Enjoyed Candle Night--Candle Night Saskatchewan, Canada
>> Brief Report on Candle Night December 2008
>> Candle Night in Slovenia--Event Report in December 2009
>> Candle Night in Zenryouji Temple--'Go home make a wish'
>> Recreating Ancient Night of 'Heian' Dynasty--Lights-down at Kyoto Gyoen Forests
>> Event Report: Dim It--Hong Kong
>> Event Report: Lights Out Day in China
>> Event Report: Lights Out Day--Taiwan
>> Event Report: Candle Night Korea
>> Over 65,000 Facilities to Join--MOE's Lights Down Campaign
>> Event Update: Candle Night Korea
>> Brief Report of Candle Night Winter Solstice 2007
>> Artist's Performances--Candle Night in Governador Valadares, Brazil
>> Getting the Candle Night Message Across to the World--Fuji Xerox Co.
>> A Family's Wishes on Candle Night--The Story of Ivory
>> Effects of MOE's "Lights Down" Campaign June 2007
>> Candle Night in Taipei 2007
>> Candle Night Summer Solstice 2007 in Tokyo
>> MOE's 'Lights Down Campaign'--Black Illumination 2007
>> Mauritius held the 2nd Candle Night.
>> "Five-minute Action" took place in Europe, Feb 1, 2007
>> Reports from Overseas--December 2006
>> Candle Night Winter Solstice 2006--Kobe, Japan
>> Preparation also Underway in Candlelight--South Korea Winter 2006
>> A Brief Report of Candle Night Summer Solstice 2006
>> MOE's Black Illumination 2006
>> National Candle Night in Mauritius 2006
>> Milk Carton Lanterns Lighting up Kumamoto
>> Beeswax candle workshop and volunteer meeting at JFS
>> Candle Night Winter Solstice 2006--Rikkyo University
>> A Living Organism--Candle Night in Sapporo 2005
>> Candle Night in Shanghai 2005
>> Greetings to Candle Nighters on the other side of the world.
>> Candle Night in South Korea 2005
>> Candle Night at Harajuku Cat Street
>> 'Candle Night'-Summer Solstice 2004 in Japan
Turn off the Lights and Watch the Stars on October 17--Lights-Down Event in Kofu Valley
A lights-out and star-gazing event will be held in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan. Kofu City is about a two-hour express train ride from Tokyo. The event was launched by an organizing committee of "Lights-Down Kofu Valley" in 1999, with the slogan of "passing a beautiful starry sky with the Milky Way onto the next generation." The committee is planning an event on October 17, 2009, from 20:00 to 21:00, calling for citizens to turn off unnecessary lights around Kofu valley and look up to see the stars.
http://lightdown-kofu.dreamblog.jp/ (Japanese)
There are many good spots for star-gazing in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is a lovely event in which the whole city turns off as many lights as possible and people look up to watch the starry skies.
As we mentioned in Candlenight Newsletter #31, the year 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the first astronomical observation by Galileo Galilei, an Italian scientist. Many star observing events are held around the world to celebrate 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. Please check and see if there are any events going on in your area.
(Yuko Kishikami)
October 17, 2009
