We exhibit mayudama (cocoon-shaped rice cakes) to pray for a bountiful harvest for the upcoming year.

• Date: Tuesday, January 6 ~ Tuesday, January 20, 2026 * Making mayudama and setting up on January 6
• Time: Free to visit during opening hours
• Fee: Admission fee only
• Place: 15. the Kitamura House

New Year's decorations from around the country are on exhibition.

• Date: Thursday, December 25, 2025 ~ Tuesday, January 20, 2026
• Time: Free to visit during opening hours
• Fee: Admission fee only
• Place: 11. the Sakuda House, 15. the Kitamura House

Ebisu-co is an event to worship Ebisu-sama, one of the seven gods of good fortune in Japan. We reproduce it in the style of the Kitamura family in Hadano City.

• Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 ~ Tuesday, January 20, 2026
• Time: Free to visit during opening hours
• 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

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