The forest of Aokigahara is a notorious landmark of Japan , ranking second in the world for the frequency of suicides committed here. So the second name of this place is the Japanese forest of suicides.
Aokigahara Forest History
Long ago, the year so in the 894th there was a strong eruption of the Fuji volcano, the lava came to the north-west side, forming here an unusual plateau, where subsequently a rather strange forest was formed.
Strange it in its appearance - the roots of trees, unable to break through a solid layer of lava rock, come out, intertwining with the wreckage of the same hardened lava. The whole land here seems to be riddled, speckled, the trees look as if they were trying to uproot with roots.
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In addition, the forest has a lot of caves and crevices, some of which are very deep and in them even the heat does not melt ice. From Mount Fuji, the forest looks like an even carpet or green sea. By the way, Aokigahara is translated from Japanese as a "plain of green trees", and another one is Dzyukai - "a sea of trees".
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Why the forest of suicides?
According to legends, it was here earlier taken out the old people and children who could not feed. They found their terrible death here. Well, in our days more and more often in the forest of Aokigahara find the bodies of people who decided to voluntarily leave this world.
The suicide forest in Japan, according to the number of suicides, is immediately after the Golden Gate of San Francisco. Probably, this is due to the mysterious nature and mystical nature of the forest.
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And the Japanese writer Vataru Tsurumi, who wrote the book "The Complete Guide to Suicide", could have been the one to push the choice of this place, in which he called the forest at the foot of Fuzdi an excellent place for death. Indeed, next to the bodies of suicides often find this particular book.
Mystic forest of Aokigahara, Japan
According to local legends, in the forest between the trees roam ghosts - yurei. These are the souls of those who died a violent death or laid hands on themselves in the forest. They do not find shelter, because they endlessly stick around these mystical spaces.
Deciding to visit the Japanese forest of Aokigahara, stock up with strong nerves, because under your feet a human bone can suddenly crackle, and in the distance you can see the silhouette of another hanged man.
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The authorities of the country, concerned about the wave of suicides taking place in this forest, placed on the forest signs with the inscriptions that human life is the highest gift, calls for you to remember about the family and your parents who gave you life. And there is even a telephone number for desperate people.
