{"id":76172,"date":"2009-06-17T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T03:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=112"},"modified":"2009-06-17T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T03:06:42","slug":"candle-night-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/events\/candle-night-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Candle Night 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Candle Night 2009” will start June 20th, the day before the summer solstice, and continue until July 7th. To participate just turn off your lights from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. every night and feel nature’s rhythms! “Candle Night” suggests spending some time in a more natural light, away from everyday life and artificial lighting. It’s not a movement intending to force people to turn off their lights or to protest against anything.
\nAt the same time, Matsumoto City Museum of Art<\/a> will open for free this Saturday on June 20th. Some events will be held there starting at 6 p.m. The museum supports “CO2 Reduction and Lights Down Campaign” organized by the Ministry of the Environment.
\nPrograms:
\n1. Light A Candle Event (6:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.)
\n– Light candles at the court outside of the Museum of Art
\n2. Slow Life Talk (6:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.)
\n– Presented by Yumiko Nagano, a teacher at Azusagawa High school
\n3. Live Performance(7:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.)
\n– Performed by Harmo\u2606Duo
\n4. Lights Down (8:00 p.m.-)
\n– Turn off electrical lights
\nOfficial site about Candle night:
\nhttp:\/\/www.candle-night.org\/english\/
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