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The forest has a historical reputation as a home to yūrei: ghosts of the dead in Japanese mythology. At least since the 1960s, Aokigahara has become associated with suicide, eventually becoming known in English by the nickname " Suicide Forest " and gaining a reputation as one of the world's most-used suicide sites.
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Jan 2, 2022 · Updated February 1, 2024. Aokigahara Forest has always haunted the poetic imagination. Long ago, it was said to be the home of yūrei, Japanese ghosts. Now it's the final resting place of as many as 100 suicide victims every year. At the foot of Mount Fuji, the highest mountain peak in Japan, sprawls a 30-square-kilometer forest called Aokigahara.
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Feb 23, 2017 · At the base of Mount Fuji is a dense, verdant forest. From above, the trees swaying in the wind are reminiscent of the sea, giving the Aokigahara forest a second name— Jukai, or Sea of Trees ...
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Jan 3, 2018 · 01:44 - Source: CNN. CNN — A controversial video by YouTube star Logan Paul shows what appears to be a body hanging from a tree in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, known throughout the country for the...
Jul 14, 2016 · Since the 1950s, recorded suicides in the forest have been rising at an increasing rate of between 10 and 30 per year. In 2003, a record number of suicide victims were discovered here.
