>> "Subtraction" Should Be Valued in Society
>> One Million Ways to Participate in Candle Night
>> Lighting Candles to Show the Way to Home
>> Invitation to Candle Night 3.11
>> Candle Night 3.11
>> Candle Night Summer/Winter Solstice 2011
>> Candle Night 2011 (June 22, 2011)
>> The Winter Solstice--Practices in Japan
>> Candle Night Winter Solstice to be Held on December 22
>> Candle Night Summer Solstice in 2010
>> Candle Night in Solviva Organic Farm--'Tsuchi no Tomoshibi, Kaze no Tomoshibi' (Lights of Soil, Lights of Winds)
>> Post your message on Candlescape
>> Turn off your lights. Take it slow--June 21 8 to 10 p.m.
>> Toyo Exterior Handing Out Candles
>> Sapporo Candle Night 2010
>> Zenryoji Temple Candle Night--Cafe dela Terra
>> Tokyo Milky Way 2010
>> Candle Night in Oku-Nikko, Tochigi
>> Candle Night at Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi
>> Candle Night@Zojoji Temple, Tokyo
>> Candle Night@OMOTESANDO-Eco Avenue, Tokyo
>> 2010 Main Visual--Featuring "People"
>> Candle Night 2010--June 21, 2010 (Summer Solstice)
>> Enhancing Community Ties-- Neighbors' Day in Japan
>> Earth Hour 2010-- March 27 20:30-21:30
>> Atomic Bomb Fires are Still Burning
Silently--Candle Night 1 Pi:ce
>> Ice Candles Shedding the Lights on Snowy Towns
>> Candle Night in Slovenia
>> Report on "Candle Holders" Meeting
>> Feeling comfortable and part of Nature--Walking in the dark by Jun Nakano
>> A Ceremony to Send Insects Off --"Mushi Okuri"
>> Candle Night with Turban Shells and Waste Cooking Oil
>> Message Sent from Antarctica--Candlescape
>> Candle Night Summer Solstice 2009--Report on June 21
>> Newsletter-- #30 06/05/09
>> 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)
>> Candle Night Summer Solstice 2009
>> 2009 Candle Night Korea on June 20
>> Brief Report on Candle Night December 2008
>> Candle Night in Slovenia--Event Report in December 2009
>> Candle Night Summer Solstice 2009
>> Over 415 Events Registered as of December 21, 2008
>> Korean Women's Environmental Network Published Candle Night Book
>> 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
>> 'Lights Down' initiative in Japan--June 21 & July 7
"Subtraction" Should Be Valued in Society
Shin-ichi Tsuji (Cultural Anthropologist, Founder of the Sloth Club/Professor at Meiji Gakuin University) -- Promoter of Candle Night
In 2001, a voluntary blackout movement started in Canada in response to the US Bush Administration's energy plan to build one or two nuclear power plants a month, in order to maintain its status as the #1 GDP country in the world. In time, this movement spread all around the world, and Candle Night was inspired by this movement. The earthquake and the following nuclear accidents on March 11, 2011 added a significant meaning to Candle Night that encourages us to turn off the lights on the night of March 11. It is the time to fundamentally question what we are and what the society should be. Perhaps what is necessary is not "addition" but rather "subtraction."
