Decoration for "Jusanya" (the 13th day of the 8th month on the lunar calendar) in the style of the Kitamura House is on exhibit.

• Period: October 9, Thursday ~ November 3, Monday and national holiday
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00 (*9:30 ~ 16:30 in November)
• Fee: the admission fee only
• Place: 15. The Kitamura House

As a celebration for the harvest after threshing rice, farm tools are offered to the deity of farming.

• Date: October 9, Thursday ~ November 3, Monday and national holiday
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00 (*9:30 ~ 16:30 in November)
• Fee: Admission Fee only
• Place: 16. The Kiyomiya House

Straw crafts, bamboo crafts and woven works by "Mingi-kai" (Society for Preserving Arts and Skills of Making folk tools) are on exhibition.
Please drop in during the opening hours of the museum.

• Date: October 5 (Sunday) ~ November 9 (Sunday). *PM only on October 5, AM only on November 9
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00 *9:30 ~ 16:30 in November

Straw Group
• Place: 14. the Ota House

Bamboo Group
• Place: 14. the Ota House

Woven Group
• Place: 0. the Hara House

Artworks showing different expressions are exhibited. Know more about various techniques of tie-dyeing.

• Date: Wednesday, October 1 ~ Sunday, October 26, 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
• Fee: Free (only inside the Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop)
• Place: the Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop

You can experience indigo dyeing (charged) in the Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop. Please refer to the page of the Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop for more details.

Three Gassho-style houses from the Gokayama region of Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture have been relocated to the Minkaen.
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the registration of the Gassho-style Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, the home of these three houses, as a World Heritage Site, a special exhibition will be held focusing on the lifestyle and culture of the Gokayama region.

• Period: October 1 (Wednesday), 2025 ~ May 24 (Sunday), 2026
• Hours: 9:30 ~ 17:00 (9:30　~ 16:30 during November to February)
• Fee: Admission Fee only
• Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building