Abstract
This research aimed at the Hisanohama town in Iwaki-shi, Fukushima which suffered serious damage from the earthquake disaster in 2011. The lighting social experiment which visualizes the geographical direction and spatial characteristics with lights was conducted. Based on the existing escape-route recognition investigation, lighting fixtures were attached to the hill, houses at junctions, open spaces, and cultural factors which are the landmarks of evacuation such as shrines. As a result of the experiment, more than 90% of residents answered that they could recognize the geographical direction by the lights also in nighttime. In every district with a possibility of suffering tsunami damage, it is considered that the lighting environment technique carried by this research is applicable.
