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Sushi Ran “Kagami-Biraki” Ceremony

4:30 PM New Year’s Day

Sushi Ran has announced that they will be celebrating on January 1 with a special ceremony called “Kagami-Biraki,” the traditional sake barrel-breaking for the holiday.

The Sushi Ran announcement says that “Kagami-biraki is a ceremony performed at celebratory events in which the lid of the sake barrel is broken open by a wooden mallet and the sake is served to everyone present. It represents an opening to harmony and good fortune. In the traditional Japanese culture, the ceremony is a means of beseeching the gods to grant good health and fortune on special occasions, such as the New Year.”

The restaurant will feature special displays called kadomatsu, the traditional Japanese decoration of the New Year, which are placed in pairs in front of homes to welcome ancestral spirits and spirits of the harvest.

After the barrel breaking ceremony at 4:30 PM, the restaurant will serve dinner from 5:00 to 10:30 PM.

If you want to get a head start on the celebration, the wine and sake bar at Sushi Ran will also be open for beverages until midnight on New Year’s Eve..

Sushi Ran is located at 107 Caledonia St. A map to the location is on our Sushi Ran page.