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2025/11/03

Today's Events

Explanation of the Folk Houses for Children

Children can learn about the folk houses and the living in the past through the explanation by a curator of our museum.

  • Date: November 3 (Monday, national holiday)
  • Time: 10:00~, 15:00~ (about 20 minutes for each session)
  • Fee: free
  • Free to participate on the day
  • Presenter: a curator of our museum
  • Place: 6. the Sasaki House
    • Please refer to the page of the Minkaen Festival for more events on the day.

Minkaen Festival (Free Admission Day)

Free admission for everyone on this special day.

The interior of the Kabuki Stage from Funakoshi (a nationally designated important tangible folk cultural property) is open to the public. You can also enjoy other events such as experience of wearing folk clothing, traditional games, indigo dyeing fair, Cafe in the folk house, and etc.
Come and enjoy a walk in this beautiful season.

*Time for each event varies.
*It may be crowded on the day. Please refrain from sketching using chairs or easels, and photographing using tripod.
  • Date: November 3 (Monday, national holiday), 2025 *In smaller scale if rainy
  • Time: 9:30 ~ 16:30 *Last admission 16:00

Mini-Exhibition at Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop “Stencil Dyeing – Family Crests”: October 29 ~ November 9

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".

Indigo Dyeing Fair (on Free Admission Day)

Indigo Dyeing Fair is held on free admission day only.
Art works by the staff of Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop are on exhibit, and Indigo dyed stoles, traditional hand towels, T-shirts and others can be purchased in the museum shop in the main building.

A workshop of indigo dyeing "Make snow flake pattern to a handkerchief" will be held (* only on October 18) in the Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop (The West Gate of Minkaen).


Exhibit of art works by staff / Sales of indigo-dyed goods

  • Date: October 18 (Saturday), November 3 (Monday and national holiday), 2025
  • Time: 9:30 ~ 16:45 on October 18, 9:30 ~ 16:15 on November 3
  • Place: the museum shop in the main building

indigo dyeing fair
[This event is finished.]

Workshop of Indigo Dyeing "Make snow flake pattern to a handkerchief"

  • Date: October 18 (Saturday), 2025
  • Time: [1]10:00 ~, [2]13:00 ~ *About 30 minutes for each
  • Place: Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop (The West Gate of Minkaen)
  • Everyone can participate (elementary schooler or younger children must be accompanied by the guardian) *1 accompany at most
  • Reception: 9:50 ~ 11:15, 12:50 ~ 14:15. First come, first served
  • Fee: 1,320 Yen (handkerchief and rubber gloves included)


[Please note]

*The indigo liquid may splash onto your clothes or shoes and stain them.
sample white
sample blue
the workshop held last year

Annual Event Exhibition “Jusanya”: October 9 ~ November 3

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

  • 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

Annual Event Exhibition “Kokiage”: October 9 ~ November 3

As a celebration for the harvest after threshing rice, farm tools are offered to the deity of farming.
Annual Event Exhibition Kokiage
  • 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

Exhibition of Straw Crafts, Bamboo Crafts and Woven Works by “Mingi-kai”: October 5~November 9

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
Works by Mingikai on exihibit
    Straw Group
  • Place: 14. the Ota House
    Bamboo Group
  • Place: 14. the Ota House
    Woven Group
  • Place: 0. the Hara House

Sales of Straw Crafts, Bamboo Crafts and Woven Works by Mingi-kai: October 5 ~ November 9

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)

Sales of the Works by Mingi-kai

Special Exhibition “Living in Gokayama – 30th Anniversary of the Registration as a World Heritage Site”: October 1 ~ May 24

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

the poster of the special exhibition of Gokayamathe poster of the special exhibition of Gokayama

Café in the Folk House Open in Autumn

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
The outside of the Hara houseThe cafe in the Hara house