2025/03/14

Today's Events

Mini-Exhibition at Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop “Tango no Sekku” March 12 ~ May 6

We exhibit indigo-dyed works with patterns in connection with Tango no Sekku (the Boys' Festival), koinobori (carp-shaped streamer) and etc.
  • Date: March 12 (Wednesday) ~ May 6 (Tuesday, national holiday), 2025
  • Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
  • Fee: Free (inside Dento Kogeikan only) *Admission fee required to visit Nihon Minkaen
  • Place: Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop

Hands-on indigo dyeing workshop (with additional charge) is available during the opening hours. For further information, please refer to the page of Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop.

Annual Event Exhibition “Higan” March 6 ~ March 25

The display for "Higan" conducted at the Kitamura House in Hadano city is introduced on exhibition panels. Higan is a week-long seasonal event held in Japan each spring and autumn. It centers on the spring equinox and autumn equinox.

  • Period: March 6 (Thursday) ~ March 25 (Tuesday)
  • Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
  • Fee: Admission fee only
  • Place: the main building at the Front Gate

Annual Event Exhibition “Kokagesan Festival” March 6 ~ March 25

This exhibition recreates a festival with nobori (banner flags) and offerings of cocoons and crops at the Kokagesan shrine, which is dedicated to the deity of sericulture.

  • Period: Thursday, March 6 ~ Tuesday, March 25
  • Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
  • Fee: Admission fee only
  • Place: 18. the Kokagesan Shrine


Special Exhibition “Long, long ago, an old woman in a village went to the river to do the laundry…: Life with Mountains and Rivers Ⅱ” January 4 ~ May 25

Not too long ago, when mountains and rivers were the most familiar nature surroundings, rivers and irrigation water were directly involved in daily lives. This exhibition displays the folk tools (materials from the Minkaen collection and folklore materials from Kawasaki City) once used in the "living with the river" and introduce the traditional way of life mainly around Kawasaki City. Furthermore, the exhibition will introduce water utilization and water transportation facilities, disaster countermeasures, and traces of faith centered on the Tama River, using photographs, illustrations, and related folk tools, to reconsider coexistence with the environment.

  • Period: January 4 (Saturday) ~ May 25 (Sunday), 2025
  • Hours: 9:30 ~ 16:30 * 9:30 ~ 17:00 from March
  • Fee: Admission Fee only
  • Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building

Poster of the special exhibition of River
*There are gallery talks presented by a curator, including special versions for children.
  • Date:
    for all ages: January 19 (Sunday), March 8 (Saturday), April 29 (Tuesday, national holiday) 14:00 ~ (about 30 minutes)
    for children: February 24 (Monday, national holiday), May 3 (Saturday, national holiday) 10:30 ~ (about 20 minutes)
  • Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building

* There is a lecture related to this exhibition on March 23. Click this link written in Japanese for details.