An architect of Minkaen explains the highlights about architecture of the folk houses in each area.
Visitors can join or leave halfway through the tour, so please feel free to join on the spot.
*There is also a tour about the living in the folk houses.

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

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), which can be used in everyday life, are offered at reasonable price.

Date: Sundays and national holidays during October 5 ~ November 9

• October: 5 (Sunday), 12 (Sunday), 13 (Sunday/national holiday), 19 (Sunday), 26 (Sunday)
• November: 2 (Sunday), 3 (Monday/national holiday), 9 (Sunday, only straw and bamboo)

Place

• Woven works: 1. the Suzuki House
• Bamboo crafts: 13. the Hirose House
• Straw crafts: 11. the Sakuda House
*The places may change due to other events.
• Time: 10:00 ~ 14:30
• In cooperation with: Mingi-kai (Mingu-Seisaku-Gijutsu-Hozonkai)

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

Café in the folk house is open this autumn!

You can enjoy coffee, Japanese black tea, baked sweets, and have a relaxing time in the tatami room of the Hara house, which is an Important Cultural Property of Kawasaki City.
Please drop in during your visit to Minkaen.

• Period: Saturday, Sunday and national holidays during September 27 ~ November 30　*There may be temporary closures.

Opening dates:

September
27 (Saturday), 28 (Sunday) October
4 (Saturday), 5 (Sunday), 11 (Saturday)*, 12 (Sunday), 13 (Monday, national holiday), 18 (Saturday), 19 (Sunday), 25 (Saturday), 26 (Sunday) November
1 (Saturday), 2 (Sunday), 3 (Monday, national holiday), 8 (Saturday), 9 (Sunday), 15 (Saturday), 16 (Sunday), 22 (Saturday), 23 (Sunday, national holiday), 24 (Monday, national holiday), 29 (Saturday), 30 (Sunday)

• Opening Hours:
  11:00 ~ 16:00 (*13:00 ~ 16:00 on October 11) (Last order 15:30)*will close when sold out
• Fee: admission fee for Minkaen is required.
• Place: 1st Floor of 0. The Hara house