Japan Open Air Folk House Museum

Overview

30 minutes from Tokyo and 40 minutes away by car from Haneda Airport, this municipal Japanese folklore park located in the northern part of Kawasaki City is an outdoor museum featuring 25 structures, including Japanese traditional houses, watermills and Kabuki stages. In one of the facilities, the traditional crafts building, you can experience indigo dyeing.

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Detailed information

Address

7-1-1, Masugata, Tama Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa

Website

http://english.nihonminkaen.jp/

Business Hours

9:30～17:00 (Nov.～ Feb. / 9:30 ～ 16:30)

Holidays

Mondays (next day when Monday is holiday), year-end & new year holidays

Costs

500 yen (400 yen each for a group of more than 20 persons)

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Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum (NIHON MINKAEN)

Possessing 25 old folk houses, mostly built during the Edo Period and transferred from their original locations, this is one of Japan’s finest outdoor museums of old folk houses. The Museum House has permanent exhibits and conducts two special exhibitions every year, while the old folk houses welcome visitors with hearths ablaze. Various events such as folk storytelling and performances of traditional performing arts are staged in the old folk houses. Another feature of the museum is that you can enjoy seasonal nature such as cherry blossoms in spring and the changing leaf colors of autumn. Also, the enjoyable hands-on workshops held in the Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop are popular with visitors.

Notes

Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum (NIHON MINKAEN): Volunteers who belong to the Museum can serve as group guides. The Museum stages performances and various other events that make use of the old folk houses.
Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop (DENTOU KOUGEIKAN): This facility lets visitors easily experience Kawasaki’s traditional indigo dyeing. It can receive up to 30 people at a time. As a rule, classes are held three times a day: at 10:30, 13:00, and 14:30 (Inquire)
For both facilities, use the Ikuta-Ryokuchi East Parking Area. (9 large-size vehicles, 152 ordinary vehicles. Pay parking)
Wheelchairs and strollers are available for lending. Multipurpose toilets are available.

Detailed Information

Venue	Location	Size (㎡)	Seated	Standing	Hours
Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum (NIHON MINKAEN)	Indoors/Outdoors	30,000	－	－	From Nov. to Feb.: 9:30–16:30, From Mar. to Oct.: 9:30–17:00
Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop (DENTOU KOUGEIKAN)	Indoors	203	－	－	From Nov. to Feb.: 9:30–16:30, From Mar. to Oct.: 9:30–17:00