Farm tools such as “Manga” (harrow) are washed and displayed to celebrate the finishing of rice-planting.

• Date: Thursday, May 15 ~ Tuesday, June 3, 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
• Fee: the Admission Fee Only
• Place: 16. The Kiyomiya House

We exhibit indigo dyed T-shirts with various patterns, which are made by our staff using various techniques.

• Date: Wednesday, May 14 ~ Sunday, August 24, 2025
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
• Fee: Free (inside Dento Kogeikan only). Admission fee required if you visit Minkaen
• Place: Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop

If you need further information about indigo dyeing experience, please check the page for "Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop".

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

各エリアの古民家の建築上の見どころなどを、建築担当職員が解説します。途中の出入りも可能ですので、お気軽にご参加ください。
※「古民家めぐり」には、暮らしの観点から古民家を巡る「古民家めぐり（暮らし）」もございます。

時間：14時〜（約1時間）

料金：入園料のみ

解説：文化財建造物修理主任技術者

Café in the folk house is open this spring for a limited period!
Japanese black tea, baked sweets, and daily specials are served.
Please drop in during your visit to Minkaen, and have a relaxing time here, in the tatami room of the Hara house which has a history of 100 years. *Some food can be taken away.

• Opening Date:
  April: 5 (Sat), 6 (Sun), 12 (Sat), 13 (Sun), 19 (Sat), 20 (Sun), 26 (Sat), 27 (Sun), 29 (Feb, national holiday)
  May: 3 (Sat, national holiday), 4 (Sun, national holiday), 5 (Mon, national holiday), 6 (Feb, national holiday), 10 (Sat), 11 (Sun), 17 (Sat), 18 (Sun), 24 (Sat), 25 (Sun), 31 (Sat)
  June: 1 (Sun), 7 (Sat), 8 (Sun), 14 (Sat), 15 (Sun), 21 (Sat), 22 (Sun), 28 (Sat), 29 (Sun)
  *There might be temporary closure.
• Opening Hour: 11:00 ~ 16:00 (last order 15:30) *closed when sold out.
• Fee: Admission fee for Minkaen is required.
• Place: The Tatami room on the 1st floor of 0. The Hara House
The cafe in the Hara house

Not too long ago, when mountains and rivers were the most familiar nature surroundings, rivers and irrigation water were directly involved in daily lives. This exhibition displays the folk tools (materials from the Minkaen collection and folklore materials from Kawasaki City) once used in the "living with the river" and introduce the traditional way of life mainly around Kawasaki City. Furthermore, the exhibition will introduce water utilization and water transportation facilities, disaster countermeasures, and traces of faith centered on the Tama River, using photographs, illustrations, and related folk tools, to reconsider coexistence with the environment.

• Period: January 4 (Saturday) ~ May 25 (Sunday), 2025
• Hours: 9:30 ~ 16:30 * 9:30 ~ 17:00 from March
• Fee: Admission Fee only
• Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building

*There are gallery talks presented by a curator, including special versions for children.

• Date:
  for all ages: January 19 (Sunday), March 8 (Saturday), April 29 (Tuesday, national holiday) 14:00 ~ (about 30 minutes)
  for children: February 24 (Monday, national holiday), May 3 (Saturday, national holiday) 10:30 ~ (about 20 minutes)
• Place: the Exhibition Room in the Main Building

* There is a lecture related to this exhibition on March 23. Click this link written in Japanese for details.