Practice basic yoga in the Hara House in Minkaen!
Read the page written in Japanese in this link for details if you are interested.
*Please be noted that the instruction will be given in Japanese only.

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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.

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

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

A curator of the Minkaen will give explanations based on interviews about how people lived in the folk houses of each area.
You can join or leave halfway through the tour, so please feel free to join on the spot.
*There is also a tour about the architecture of the folk houses.

• Time: 14:00 ~ (about 1 hour)
• Fee: Admission fee only
• Explanation: A curator of Minkaen

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

Area: The Shin-Etsu Regional Village

Meeting place: 6. the Sasaki House

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025

Area: The Kanto Regional Village

Meeting place: 10. the Yamashita House

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

*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.