THE CHICHIBU CHINSEKIKAN, OR THE Hall of Curious Stones, is a privately owned museum in Chichibu, Japan, famous for its peculiar inventory. Its main attractions are jinmen-seki, stones that naturally look like faces.
On the second floor are glass cases full of stones resembling, well, pretty much everything. There are stones that take on features of pop culture icons such as Jack Sparrow, Elvis Presley, and even Donkey Kong. Also among the collection are a myriad of stones that resemble Japanese celebrities, politicians, and anime characters.
The founder of the Chinsekikan, Shōji Hayama, originally collected locally produced stones to sell in Tokyo. However, after deciding that some of the more curious stones should stay in Chichibu, he began to accumulate a collection.
The museum houses all kinds of jinmenseki, or rock with a human face, including celebrity lookalikes like Elvis Presley. Wie man sieht:
