Online fame drives visitors to museum showcasing oddly shaped rocks

Rocks that look like human faces are on display at Chichibu Chinsekikan (Chichibu museum of rare rocks) in Chichibu, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 25, 2016. At center is a rock with a name indicating that it is an old man shouting to look for his missing dentures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Online fame drives visitors to museum showcasing oddly shaped rocks

Photo taken Oct. 25, 2016, at Chichibu Chinsekikan (Chichibu museum of rare rocks) in Chichibu, northwest of Tokyo, is an exhibit titled "Elvis Presley," a rock that looks like a man sporting a pompadour hairstyle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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