We introduce the history and types of family crests, as well as indigo dyeing methods, through stencils of family crests that were used until around 1985.

• Date: October 29 (Wednesday) ~ November 9 (Sunday), 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00 (* 9:30 ~ 16:30 in November)
• Fee: Free (inside Dento Kogeikan only. Admission fee required if you visit Minkaen)
• Place: Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop

If you are interested about indigo dyeing experience, please check the page for "Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop".

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

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