Saturday, 12 September 2015

AOKIGAHARA (JAPAN)

                                              Aokigahara (Japan)

Located on the slopes of Mount Fuji, Aokigahara known as the forest of suicides in Japan's popularity as a location Aokigahara Forest suicide the most popular and the most haunted in Japan strengthened through the best-selling novel entitled "corona Jukai Matsumoto Seicho work" .. Hundreds of people have gone to the forest to kill himself in the middle of lush trees and vines. Since 1950 more than 500 deaths have occurred in the forest is largely due to suicide. From this worrying phenomenon, in many forests around the warning signs posted tried to make the victim think again, as "Your Life is a precious gift." Tape is often used to mark the way to find your way back out of the Aokigahara which sometimes can be difficult and misleading. Many people, though not intend to commit suicide never returned from the depths of the dark forest this.If body was found, a staff officer of the forest department had to sleep in the same room with the body, according to belief, the soul from the body it will not cry all night and haunt .

According to one legend during famine in ancient Japan, a lot of parents, patients, and the child was left in place, because the family was not able to feed them. People abandoned this will eventually die of starvation. Ghosts ghosts who died by suicide and left behind by his family very often manifest themselves in Aokigahara, make this location one of the most haunted places in the world.Aura Death has long filled the room in this forest. Ritual Ubasute, isolate yourself in the woods until death arrives, has been around since the 19th century again. Aokigahara forest also has historical ties with the so-called devil or ghost in Japanese mythology.

There area a couple of possible reasons for the high number of suicides. Seichō Matsumoto wrote a book in 1960 called Kuroi Kaiju (Black Sea of Trees) which describes the suicide of two lovers in Aokigahara, leading to romanticizing the act. Although, suicide is believed to have been associated with the forest long before the book was published. It is believed the 19th Century practice of "Ubasute" where an infirm or elderly female relative is carried to a mountain or desolate location and left to die by dehydration or starvation had more than once taken place there. Wataru Tsurumui’s controversial 1993 bestseller, The Complete Suicide Manual, describes various methods of suicide and even lists the forest as "the perfect place to die". Some who have committed suicide in the forest had been found with the book in their possession. However, there are those who think Japan's expectations of excellence may have something to do with it. Citizens who find themselves unable to succeed buckle under the pressure.

Then again, some remains found may not be from those who took their lives willingly. Supposedly, underground iron deposits cause compasses to go haywire and interfere with GPS devices, making it quite easy to get lost. Not only that, but the forest also contains cenotes, collapsed lava tubes, and hidden caves. Each can play their part in taking a life.


for my opinion this aokigahara is quite scary because many people death in this place and also who go to this forest will not find the way back. 

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