蔵くら開びらき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

first opening of a storehouse after New Year

A traditional event, often held by sake breweries or businesses, where the storehouse is opened for the first time in the new year, sometimes accompanied by tastings or celebrations.

• 毎まい年とし一いち月がつに酒さか蔵ぐらで蔵くら開びらきが行おこなわれます。

  Every January, the sake brewery holds a kurabiraki (first opening of the storehouse).

• 蔵くら開びらきの日ひには、新しん酒しゅの試し飲いんができる。

  On the day of the kurabiraki, you can taste the new sake.