A lighting system includes: a lighting apparatus including a first human detection sensor unit that detects a person in a first detection area, and a light source that turns ON when the first human detection sensor unit detects the person; and a support apparatus including (i) a second human detection sensor unit that detects a person in a second detection area, and (ii) an emission unit that emits, when the second human detection sensor unit detects the person, infrared rays to cause the first human detection sensor unit to react as if the person is present in the first detection area.