Online fame drives visitors to museum showcasing oddly shaped rocks

Online fame drives visitors to museum showcasing oddly shaped rocks

Yoshiko Hayama, curator of Chichibu Chinsekikan (Chichibu museum of rare rocks), holds an exhibit at the museum in Chichibu, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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