The wood barrel (what you don't see underneath) is covered with colorful straw matting. We saw lots of displays like this nearly everywhere in Japan. Each barrel had a unique picture or drawing on it. You can see sake barrels in the Kyoto gallery. Here's a tid bit of information on sake barrels here: http://www.kikumasamune.com/taru_E/.
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