Aokigahara Travel Information, Facts And More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME
Aokigahara
OTHER NAMES
The Suicide Forest, Sea of Trees, Jukai
COUNTRY
Japan
ADDRESS
Northwestern flank of Mount Fuji, Japan
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About Aokigahara
It is the forest area located around the country?s highest mountain named Fuji in Japan. The forest spread up to an area of 14 sq miles. It is a moderate broadleaf and mixed forest. Talking about the ecology of the area, it has a Palaearctic biographic realm.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Aokigahara
- The main tourist attraction in the place is a number of caves on the western edge of the forest. These caves often filled with ice during winters.
- The place has said to be the host of ghosts maybe because of the excessive number of suicides that took place there. It is one of the most used sites for suicide throughout the world. In order to prevent these incidents, many anti-suicide signs are placed there which makes to think about a suicidal person's family.
- Suicide prevention association in the country puts helpline contact number in the forest.
- The forest is home to many mammals, insects, and a variety of broadleaf trees.
- Some folklores suggested that the place along with the mountain area was used for abandoned the elders mostly parents who become a financial burden to the family. They left to die in the forest and ghosts haunted them.
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