Wrapping Sake Barrel With Straw Mat

How to wrap up a cylinder shaped barrel with a piece of straw mat??
There is an inherited craft to wrap up a Sake barrell in Japan.
No glues, no staples, no cling films...but with ropes.

Opening Sake barrel (kagami biraki) sympolizes transitions to new stages of life.
We visited a museum in Kyoto to learn how these barrels are prepared.

The traditions of kagami biraki stem from more than 300 years ago from the time of the Tokugawa shoguns. It is said that the fourth Tokugawa shogun opened a sake barrel on the eve of a war, and because the war was won, opening sake barrels in order to pray for a good outcome has become the norm. Since the shogun's first kagami biraki, similar ceremonies continued down in history to symbolize new beginnings and transitions to new stages of life. (https://matcha-jp.com/en/3808#:~:text=Kagami%20biraki%20are%20ceremonies%20that%20mark)

Photo of "Kagami Biraki" :
https://www.torque.com.sg/news/revamped-toyota-showroom-unveiled-by-borneo-motors/

Special thanks to: Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum.
gekkeikan.co.jp/