

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Kagami Biraki - 鏡開き
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 12:30 pm – Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This event is open to all club members and associated groups.  Attendees are welcome to bring family, friends, and partners for portions of this event.

Kagami Biraki (鏡開き) - a traditional Japanese ceremony meaning "opening the mirror," which involves breaking open a sake barrel lid or breaking stale mochi (usually a stack of 3) with a wooden mallet to symbolize good fortune, harmony, and new beginnings; with the contents shared to wish everyone happiness and prosperity for the future.  The ceremony can occur at various occasions, but may be generally celebrated in the New Year (Jan 11).  

With that said here is our event timings:

12:30-1:30PM Arrival - All members of TRKIC are welcome, we will do a short warm-up and keiko, spectators welcome.

1:30-3:00PM GodoKeiko - All welcome, this will be for all attendees, we ask that other schools play within the kendo shiai rule set, there'll be plenty of shinai to lend.

3:00-4:00PM Embu/Kata Cooldown

4:00-5:00PM Break - Feel free to get changed, run home, grab dishes, or chill out.  We will set up tables and chair in the meantime.

5:00-7:00PM "Banquet" - Potluck style, please post what dishes you'll have, note the school has no kitchen and limited facilities, plan accordingly, this need not be anything fancy.  Advisory: no peanuts due to the venue.

7:00-7:30PM Teardown and cleanup.

Any questions feel free to post or contact driectly.

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Wilson
TRKIC
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-johns/kagami-biraki-鏡開き/200029458904905
- **Event Categories**: food-drinks, nonprofit, potluck
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029458904905?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=st.+john%27s-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: St. John's
- **state**: NF
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: St Andrew's Elementry
- **lat**: 47.568060701539
- **long**: -52.741461027307
- **full address**: St Andrew's Elementry, 141 University Ave,St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Rock Kendo & Iaido Club (https://allevents.in/org/the-rock-kendo-and-iaido-club/27322010)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 12:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** St Andrew's Elementry, 141 University Ave,St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Rock Kendo & Iaido Club
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** food-drinks, nonprofit, potluck
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Kagami Biraki - 鏡開き ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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