As annual events of January 6, there were dezomeshiki (出初式), the Tokyo Fire Department's (東京消防庁：Tokyo shobo cho) New Year demonstration and daruma ichi (だるま市),Daruma doll festival in Takasaki, Gunma (群馬県高崎市：Gunma ken Takasaki shi).
At the Tokyo Big Sight (東京ビッグサイト) the Firemanship Preservation Association members performed acrobatic stunts atop bamboo ladders during the dezomeshiki. About 2,700 firefighters and 150 fire engines participated in this annual drill.
At the Shorinzan Darumaji (少林山達磨寺), there was the annual Daruma Doll Festival today. It will last until noon of 7th throughout the night, and about 200,000 people are expected to visit the festival to buy new good luck dolls for the year. The festival also features the Buddhist service of reading the 600 volumes of sutras by Shorinzan monks for world peace.
More than 50 farmers of Takasaki city produce 1,300,000 Daruma dolls per year which occupies 80% of the total in Japan.
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