Nanbu Bijin 72L Kagami Biraki Sake Barrel Kit
- Barrel
- 72 L decorative komodaru
- Size
- approx. 70 x 70 x 70 cm
- Includes
- Basin, lid, mallet, ladle
- Brewery
- Nanbu Bijin, Iwate
- Lead time
- approx. 4 weeks
- Sake
- Not included
Hosting in Prague? You may not need to buy. We rent the barrel with mallets and ladle for one-off events - use the form below or write to office@smartsushichef.com.
Description
The complete Kagami Biraki set: a decorative 72-litre Nanbu Bijin sake barrel with everything needed to open it in front of your guests.
Kagami Biraki ("opening the mirror") is the Japanese ceremony of breaking the round lid of a sake cask to open a wedding, a new year, a new venue or a new chapter. This is the full kit as used at Japanese celebrations: the straw-wrapped komodaru barrel branded by the Nanbu Bijin brewery of Iwate, a stainless basin that sits inside and holds the sake, the scored wooden lid, the wooden mallet, and the ladle for serving.
- Barrel: Decorative 72 L komodaru, approx. 70 x 70 x 70 cm, Nanbu Bijin branding
- Inside: Large stainless steel basin - fill with the sake of your choice
- Lid: Wooden kagami lid, scored to break cleanly on the strike
- Tools: 1 wooden ceremony mallet (kizuchi), 1 ladle (hishaku)
- Sake: Not included
- Availability: Special order, approx. 4-week lead time. In Prague? Ask us about renting the barrel for your event.
Everything in the kit.
Sake is not included. Any sake works in the basin; ask us if you would like a recommendation for the occasion.
How a special order works.
Ask about a date, a quote or renting the barrel.
Tell us when and where the ceremony is. We reply within one business day with availability, freight to your address, and - for events in and around Prague - a rental option with mallets and ladle included, so you do not have to store a 70 cm barrel afterwards.
- Weddings, openings, company milestones, New Year parties
- Extra mallets for more strikers, spare lids for rehearsals
- B2B invoicing with VAT ID on request
Questions, answered.
Approximately 4 weeks from order to delivery. Barrels are prepared in Japan on request and freighted to our Prague warehouse; we confirm your exact window by email within one business day of the order, before anything ships.
No. The kit is the barrel, the stainless basin that holds the sake, the lid, one mallet and one ladle. You fill the basin with the sake of your choice - it takes as much or as little as your guest count needs, and the barrel itself stays dry.
For events in and around Prague, yes. We rent the barrel with mallets and ladle for one-off ceremonies. Use the request form on this page or email office@smartsushichef.com with your date.
One per person striking the lid. One mallet is included; a wedding usually has two or three strikers (the couple and a parent or host), a company opening often more. Extra mallets are sold separately.
Yes. The barrel and basin are reusable indefinitely. Only the wooden lid is consumed - it is scored to break on the strike - so keep a spare lid for each ceremony you plan to hold.
About 70 x 70 x 70 cm. It ships as freight on a pallet, and we quote the shipping per destination before dispatch. In Prague you can also collect it.
Yes. Tell us your company name and VAT ID in the request form and we issue a B2B invoice with reverse charge where applicable.
Complete the ceremony.
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