We tell folk tales of Michinoku. “Michinoku” is the ancient name of the Tohoku region (Northeastern Japan).
This event is usually held on the 3rd Saturday of odd-numbered months.

Michinoku Folk Tales

Folk stories of several regions are told in the regional dialects (usually on the fourth Sunday of even-numbered months).

Folk story-telling in local dialect
絞りや板締めで気軽にTシャツを染めることが出来るワークショップです。専門のスタッフが丁寧にレクチャーします。

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＜使用素材・サイズ＞ 綿100％　シルケット加工　縫い糸も染まる染色用七分袖Tシャツ　日本製　
身丈68㎝　身幅53㎝　肩幅42㎝　袖丈40㎝　フリーサイズ　襟まわりパイピング、袖口ミシン縫い 裂いた古布を緯糸にして、はた織り機で布を織ります。使う古布によって仕上がりの印象が大きく異なるのが魅力です。

体験講座「裂き織り‐経糸の準備から織りまで‐」
※お付き添いがいらっしゃる場合は、申し込みメールフォームの備考欄にてその旨お知らせください。Café in the folk house is open this spring for a limited period!
Japanese black tea, baked sweets, and daily specials are served.
Please drop in during your visit to Minkaen, and have a relaxing time here, in the tatami room of the Hara house which has a history of 100 years. *Some food can be taken away.

Cafe in the folk house
Folk stories told in the dialect of Tōno, usually held on the second Saturday of even-numbered months.
Tōno Narration

Folktales storytelling around the fireplace (on the first Saturday of every month usually, but may be subject to change).
Mangekyo-no-Mukashibanashi
In this workshop, you can decorate a small shoulder bag with pieces of cloth cut into the shape of scales, so that the bag may look like a carp streamer.
*The instruction during the workshop is in Japanese only.

carp streamer bag
In this workshop, you can craft a kabuto (a helmet worn by a samurai warrior), by folding a large piece of paper (78cm×78cm). The kabuto is actually wearable.
*The instruction during the workshop is in Japanese only.
*The kit for crafting a kabuto is also for sale at the venue and the workshop and our museum shop.

Folding Paper KabutoFolding Paper Kabuto
In this workshop you can experience the process of traditional washi paper-making in an easier way.
Make your own original washi in a post card size by recycling the fiber of the old shoji (Japanese sliding door) paper used in the folk houses of our museum and mixing in decorative materials such as dried plants. Wrap the piece of washi around a small glass bottle or put it into a photo stand to make a lovely light.

Washi Light
the poster of washi workshop
[The washi we use]
The paper used in the old shoji (Japanese sliding door) in the folk houses of our museum are recycled in this workshop. Most of it is Hosokawa-shi, which is among the Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage.
You can feel the unique texture of washi, which is different from the paper you usually use.
*The color and texture may vary as the paper uses natural material.