Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Aokigahara (Japan) The Suicide Forest


Aokigahara also called The Sea of Trees, is a woodland at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Since 1950 more then 500 people decided to suicided here. The trend started after Seicho Matsumoto published his novel (Kuroi Kaiju) where two characters commit suicide here. Dense and dark forest described like "the perfect place to die".
There are even signs the say "Please reconsider" or "Think about your family".


The forest is so dense that from just few kilometers no sounds can be heard.



Hashima (Japan) the Battleship Island.



Hashima (Gunkanjima) once was a coal mining community established in 1887 and abandoned in 1974.
The city counted the highest population density ever recorded in the world. Mitsubishi bought the Island in 1890. Now all the abandoned concrete buildings surround the island.




Check out the documentary Hashima (Japan) 2002