Folktales of Michinoku are told in the regional dialect. “Michinoku” is the ancient name of the Tohoku region (Northeastern Japan).
This event is usually held on the 3rd Saturday of odd-numbered months.

• Date: January 17 (Saturday), March 21 (Saturday), 2026
• Time: 14:00 ~ 14:30
• Fee: the admission fee only
• Story tellers: Michinoku Mukashi-gatari
• Place: 22. The Kudo House

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