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Aokigahara - A Forest with Sad Record
The forest is mainly composed of lava rocks, ice caves, dense trees and shrubs, that by preventing the action of the wind make it particularly silent.
Also known by the name of Jukai, literally "Sea of Trees", it is located at the north-west base of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Aokigahara covers approximately 35 square kilometers and was formed after the eruption of Mount Nagaoyama, a parasite of Fuji volcano in the year 864. The lava flow has created a cavernous terrain characterized by dense vegetation, consisting mainly of coniferous forests as the Tsuga sieboldii and cypress trees, deciduous trees such as Japanese oak (Quercus Crispula) and numerous shrubs like the Japanese snow flower.
In the eyes of the visitors is almost inaccessible, giving the perception to not find the way out to those who delve into her paths , and so,hikers, cyclists and adventurers who enter into it , mark their path with tape, even if that is very little appreciated by many rangers who deal with the protection of the park. In fact, the forest is largely designated as a protected zone, where it is forbidden to damage the vegetation.
Aokigahara has a sad record. In fact, it is the second place in the world, after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco (United States), with the highest rate of suicide.
The thick vegetation made the place very popular among the people determined to end their life in solitude.
The statistics vary from year to year, but it is documented that starting from 1950, occurred about 30 suicides per year.
The statistics show 74 suicides in 2002 rose to 105 in 2003. Since then the local government has stopped publicizing statistics in an effort not to damage the image of Aokigahara associating it with suicide. Statistics show that there is an increase in suicides in the month of March, the end of the fiscal year in Japan, bringing back the most extreme measures to economic reasons. The high rate of suicide has led officials to place signs in the forest, in Japanese and English, urging those who went inside to commit suicide to seek help from specialists. Since 1970 a special patrol , consisting of police officers, volunteers and journalists, employed to search for and removal of bodies, has been established.
The name of the Aokigahara Forest has been associated with suicide since the XIX century, when the Ubasute (literally "neglect of an elderly woman") were going to die in the forest, becoming YUREI ("angry spirits") that is said to haunt the area still .
Spiritualists believe that the spirits of suicides linger in the forest generating a paranormal activity that prevents from going out to the people who came in.
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