Japan Open Air Folk House Museum Autumn Fes. 2026(OP:DORAEMON MUSEUM) 🏞🍁

[This event: Nov 3 Friday National Holiday(Culture day) event]

[Meeting point & Time: Odakyu Line Mukogaoka-yuen Station South Exit Gate @ 11:00AM]

This is our annual opportunity to visit Japan Open Air Folk House Museum(Nihon Minka-en) Festival 2026 (Option: DORAEMON MUSEUM ((̵̵́ ̆͒͟˚̩̭ ̆͒)̵̵̀)⸝o̗) in autumn season, a park in the Ikuta Ryokuchi(wooded area) Park of Tama ward, Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa Prefecture. On display in the park is a collection of 20 traditional farm houses from various parts of Japan, especially thatched-roofed houses from eastern Japan. Of these, nine have received the designation of Important Cultural Assets from the national government. The houses are varied, and include examples from regions of heavy snow, lodgings for travelers, and a theatrical stage. Through this visiting, we will be able to see regional variety and differences in construction, and also as additional option, can visit popular DORAEMON MUSEUM ((̵̵́ ̆͒͟˚̩̭ ̆͒)̵̵̀). If you are interested in those Japanese traditional farm houses, lives, and DORAEMON, join us!

Meetup event fee: 1,000 Yen (per person, included admission fee)

★Please bring your picnic lunch by yourself. We wil eat our lunch together at a fireplace in a Folk house.(Before going, there is a convenience store)

★This event will be finished around 17:00 at Mukogaokayuen station.

★Traditional Skill Demonstrations of Making Folk Tools: Demonstration of domiya sculpture and chasing, Japanese doll checked black and white, ceramic art, muzuhiki-saiku (string works), etc. You can also join hands-on workshop in some of the demonstrations.

★Old Plays: You can enjoy the experience of wearing folk clothes, trying ring toss, stilts, bamboo sandals, and weaving, etc.

[About Japan Open Air Folk House Museum(Minkaen)]

Japan Open Air Folk House Museum(Minkaen) is a splendid Open-Air Folk House Museum in Japan, located in Kawasaki city, adjacent to Metropolitan Tokyo. It is known for the remarkable collection of old Japanese folk houses, such as farms and merchant houses. Many of them are the important cultural properties of Japan. The essence of traditional Japanese architecture, beauty and functionality, are well reflected even in Japanese folk houses. To conserve these valuable historic buildings from the past, the city of Kawasaki began to re-erect original buildings of Edo period in Minkaen. Now they count over twenty five, and were collected from all over Japan. Most of them have thatched roof. These old thatched roof houses, together with surrounding wooded area created a charming old folk village with nice strolling path wove through. Visiting Minkaen, you may find yourself standing in the middle of old Japanese folk village of 17th to 19th Century, and will get the insight into rich heritage of living and traditional culture of Japan.