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.

An expert of architecture in Minkaen explains the highlights about the architecture of the folk houses in 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 living in the folk houses.

• Time: 14:00 ~ (about 1 hour)
• Fee: Admission fee only
• Explanation: An expert of architecture in Minkaen

Date: Sunday, February 16, 2025

Area: The Kanto Regional Village

Meeting place: 14. the Ota House

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2024

Area: The Kanagawa Regional Village

Meeting place: 16. the Kiyomiya 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.