[Nakatsugawa city, Gifu] Stone Museum Hakusekikan, A Museum of Minerals and Gems

"Stone Museum Hakusekikan" is a museum of minerals and gems located in Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture.

Centered around an exhibition hall of minerals from Hirukawa, visitors can play with various stones, including a 15-meter-high pyramid of granite, a corner for experiencing each mineral, a gemstone search experience, and an underground maze inside a 1/10th scale pyramid of King Khufu of Egypt.

This time, we will report on the charm of Hakusekikan.

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What is Hakusekikan?

Hakusekikan is located in Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu. The museum features rare exhibits such as natural crystals, diamonds, ancient fossils, and stones from Mount Everest, as well as contents such as "gemstone hunting," "mining experience," and "handcrafting experience. The museum is also close to Ena Gorge, making it a convenient one-day trip from the suburbs of Nagoya for family sightseeing.

Since its opening in 1985, it is a museum of minerals and gems that has been loved by adults and children for generations.

Hakusekikan admission fee

[Normal price]
・Adult (junior high school students and above): 1,000 yen
・Children (elementary school students): 500 yen
・Infants: Free

Visitors to Hakusekikan will receive a free admission ticket for their next visit. This is a great value admission ticket that is valid from the day after admission until the same day 3 months later. Please take advantage of it.

[Annual passport]
・Adult: 3,000 yen
・Child: 2,000 yen

Hakusekikan has many repeat visitors, so an annual passport is also recommended.

Precautions

Hakusekikan has many stone paths and unstable footholds.

Therefore, wearing sandals or heels may cause accidents or injuries.
Please wear shoes such as sneakers if possible!

Since there are many outdoor play areas, please make sure to take precautions against heat stroke such as wearing a hat and drinking plenty of water, and have a great time.

Let's go to Hakusekikan right away!

"Mineral Exhibition Room"

The first stop is the Mineral Exhibition Room. The exhibit features minerals produced in Hirukawa Village, where Hakusekikan is located, as well as rare minerals from around the world. Hirukawa Village is one of the three major mineral producing areas in Japan, and in addition to the nationally known Hirukawa granite, the village produces 87 kinds of minerals, including quartz, topaz, chlorite, and fluorite.

In addition, valuable materials such as A-bombed stones donated by Hiroshima City and Mount Everest stones have been collected through the cooperation of many people, both public and private.

Hakusekikan is also known as a sacred place for stone lovers, who come from all over the country to see the many rare stones.

Many of the stones on display are touchable, so please try to touch them and enjoy the difference in texture and stone.

Let's go to the Mine Experience Hall!

I would like to visit the "Mine Experience Hall," where I hear you can enjoy a slightly different kind of treasure hunt.

After crossing the pedestrian bridge and proceeding along the path embedded with jewels...
There is a "Mine Experience Hall".

At the Mine Experience Hall, you can enjoy a variety of experiences such as searching for gold sand and fossils for only one coin (the fee for searching for gemstones is different).

* Paid experiences are closed on weekdays and winter.

The "Gemstone Search Experience" is a higher grade gemstone search that allows visitors to search for three types of gems, gemstones, and fossils.

"Jewel Fishing Experience" where you can catch jewels in a bag with a rod.

"Geode Cracking Experience" to break a geode that was formed in a magma cavity hundreds of years ago.

This time, we will challenge "Treasure Hunting" from among many!

This experience uses a real metal detector to find treasure buried in the gravel. This is very popular among children because they can touch the actual detector. A metal plate is buried in the ground, and the detector emits a sound when you get close to the plate.

There was a sound!
If you dig ahead of the sound, the plate is buried.

Here is the plate we got. Depending on how many you collect, you can exchange them for gems.

I got 2 gems for the large plate and 1 gem for the small plate, so I got a total of 3 gems!

Even as an adult, I still get excited about beautiful stones.