The Most Famous Suicide Forest in Japan
The Most Famous Suicide Forest in Japan Internationally known as the "Suicide Forest", it is located along Mount Fuji in Japan, and some consider it the most terrifying and infested place in the world. Since 1950, nearly 150 people have disappeared in the forest without explanation, and according to National Geographic, local authorities found about 36 bodies from the previous number at one time in one of the search periods. Aokigahara (青木ヶ原) is a forest located in the foothills of Mt. Fuji in the Yamanashi Prefecture. Before obtaining the name “Suicide Forest”, this mysterious place was called Jukai, 樹海, meaning “the Sea of Trees.” It’s known to be the most well-known suicide destination in Japan and the world. It’s the number two place with the highest number of suicide, after the Golden Gate Bridge, in California. This might sound a little eerie. As the forest is very lush and wide, some corpses can go undiscovered for years. Thus, the statistics about the deaths there so...