Masutomi Museum of Geoscience

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益富地学会館

A small museum in Kyoto dedicated to stones, offering unique geological exhibits.

Masutomi Museum of Geoscience — Mt1456 CC BY-SA 4.0 resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

A museum about stones, called Ishifushigi Museum.
Established in 1973 as Japan Geoscience Research Center.
Renamed Masutomi Museum of Geoscience in 1991.

What to see

Exhibitions planned and operated by the foundation.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Area: Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto
Official site: masutomi.or.jp
Phone: 075-441-3280
Opening hours: 10:00-16:00 (Exhibition room is open only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
Closed: Mondays (If Monday is a holiday, the next weekday is closed), 10 Aug - 17 Aug 2026
Getting there: Marutamachi Station — about 9 min on foot (0.6 km)

Hours and admission taken from the official site on 30 July 2026. Nearest station calculated from © OpenStreetMap contributors; walking time is a straight-line estimate. Check before you travel.

On the ground

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