I.　Permanent　exhibitions, special exhibitions and traveling exhibitions

In addition to the museum's permanent exhibits and its seasonal, and special exhibits, there are exhibits that travel to venues around Japan. The museum has also held successful exhibitions in Belgium, Switzerland, the United States, Brazil, China and elsewhere around the world.

II. Making handmade toys popular through lectures and classes

The museum holds courses in different places around Japan on making traditional toys from materials found in the immediate environment. These popular courses are an effective means of getting people to recognize the value of handmade toys.

III. Research in chirimen pouches and courses in making them

In addition to regular courses held at the museum, insructors trained at the museum teach classes at venues around Japan.
Classes are held in Osaka (Asahi Cultural Center, NHK Cultural Center, and Sankei Institute), Yokohama (Sankei Institute), Tokyo (Sankei Institute in Jiyugaoka, Ayase, Shin-yurigaoka, Kichijoji), and other places.

IV. National kite festival (The 2007 festival will be held 7 January at the Himeji Race Course.)

The museum does not just exhibit traditional kites from all over Japan; since 1975 it has also held an annual festival for flying Japanese traditional kites. Early each year the Himeji sky is decorated with some 800 kites, about 100 varieties in all, from Tohoku, in northern Honshu, to the southernmost islands of Okinawa. The annual kite festival is co-sponsored by the city of Himeji.

V. Museum newsletter and publications

Books compiled by museum director Inoue Shigeyoshi. These books are available at the museum shop and at local bookstores. ＊Densho tezukuri gangu (Traditional handmade toys),soudobunka//, Y1400 ＊Densho no nuno asobi, chirimen zaiku (Fun with cloth: chirimen pouches), NHK shuppan, Y2,718 ＊Chirimen zaiku de asobu shiki (Fun with chirimen pouches through the seasons), NHK shuppan, Y2,800 ＊Yasashiku tsukureru densho no chirimen zaiku (Easy-to-make traditional chirimen pouches), Fujin seikatsusha, Y903

VI. Tomono kai (Friends of the Museum)

Annual membership costs Y1,500 and entitles members to free admission to the museum, the newsletter, and announcements of events.