Break out the Gekkeikan, it's Kagami Biraki! Over 300 years ago, the fourth Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, first held this ceremony with his daimyo, breaking open a cask of sake before going into battle. The outcome of the battle was successful, and the opening of a cask of sake is now a wish of good fortune for the celebration or event being ( Read more... )