2026/04/04
Today's Events
Café in the Folk House “Utsuroi” in Spring
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.
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
- 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
[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)
Mini-Exhibition at Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop “Tango no Sekku”
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
Special Exhibition “Living in Gokayama – 30th Anniversary of the Registration as a World Heritage Site”: October 1 ~ May 24
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.
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




