In Japanese folklore it is said that a goblin with only one eye comes to people's houses on February 8 and December 8. People used to raise high a mesh basket (the meshes resemble eyes) in front of the house to ward off evils.

• Date: November 20, Thursday ~ December 9, Tuesday, 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 16:30
• Fee: admission fee only
• Place: 15. the Kitamura House

Snow fence, a traditional way of protecting folk houses from heavy snow in snowy regions, is reproduced at the Sugawara House.

• Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025 ~ Sunday, March 1, 2026
*The snow fence is installed on November 15 and 16, 2025, and is removed on March 1, 2026. The schedule may change depending on weather condition.

• Time: any time during the opening hours
• Place: 23. the Sugawara House
• In cooperation with: Mingu-Seisaku-Gijutsu-Hozonkai

The indigo fabrics with pattern of horse, the zodiac sign of Year 2026, dyed by the participants of stencil dyeing workshop and our staff, are on exhibit.

• Date: November 12 (Wednesday) ~ November 24 (Monday, national holiday), 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 16:30
• 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 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