2025/04/15
Today's Events
Annual Event Exhibition “Tango no Sekku – Decoration for May”: April 3 ~ May 13
We display decorations for May, including warrior's helmet, wishing for the robust growth of boys.
- Date: April 3 (Thursday) ~ May 13 (Tuesday), 2025
- Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
- Fee: the Admission Fee Only
- Place: 0. The Hara House
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
*There are gallery talks presented by a curator, including special versions for children.
- 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