Café in the folk house is open this spring for a limited period!
Beside Japanese black tea and baked sweets, daily specials including soup and bread, are served.
Please drop in and have a relaxing time in the Hara house which is an Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture. *Some food can be taken away.

Details

• Opening Date: Saturday, Sunday and national holidays during March 20 (Friday, national holiday) ~ May 6 (Wednesday, national holiday), and April 28 (Tuesday) *There may be Temporary Closures

[March] 20 (Friday, national holiday), 21 (Saturday), 22 (Sunday), 28 (Saturday), 29 (Sunday)

[April] 4 (Saturday), 5 (Sunday), 11 (Saturday), 12 (Sunday), 18 (Saturday), 19 (Sunday), 25 (Saturday), 26 (Sunday), 28 (Tuesday), 29 (Wednesday, national holiday)

[May] 2 (Saturday), 3 (Sunday, national holiday), 4 (Monday, national holiday), 5 (February, national holiday), 6 (Wednesday, national holiday)

• Opening Hour: 11:00 ~ 16:00 (last order 15:30) * will close earlier 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

Indigo-dyed works with patterns associated with "Tango no Sekku" (the Boys' Festival), koinobori (carp-shaped streamer) and etc., are on exhibit.

• Date: March 11 (Wednesday) ~ May 6 (Wednesday, national holiday), 2026
• Time: 9:30 ~ 17:00
• Fee: Free (inside Dento Kogeikan only)　*Admission fee required to visit Nihon Minkaen
• Place: Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop

With nobori (banner flags) erected, cocoons and crops offered, we recreate the festival scene at the Kokagesan shrine, which is dedicated to the deity of sericulture.

• Period: Thursday, March 5 ~ Tuesday, March 24, 2026
• Time: Free to visit during opening hours
• Fee: Admission fee only
• Place: 18. the Kokagesan Shrine

The display for "Higan" conducted by the Kitamura Family in Hadano city is on exhibit.

• Period: March 5 (Thursday) ~ March 24 (Tuesday), 2026
• Time: Free to visit during opening hours
• Fee: Admission fee only
• Place: 15. the Kitamura House

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