Samani, a small coastal town on the island of Hokkaido, Japan, has made the most of its proximity to the Horoman peridotite body, which includes Mt. Apoi, site of a natural park devoted to "learning about the earth's transformation from peridotite". The town square in Samani (pictured) has been an open-air petrological museum, displaying a wide variety of locally-occurring peridotites.
Unfortunately, Samani experienced a 3.7-meter wave during the tsunami of March 11, 2011. I don't know more than that about the fate of the town, but since the town square was only few tens of meters from the shoreline, I fear the museum may no longer exist. I've e-mailed the town authorities and am awaiting a reply.
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