1. Aokigahara, Japan
“Your life is a precious gift from your parents,” and “Please consult the police before you decide to die!” are what’s written on these panels, all through the Aokigahara forest, which sits at the feet of Mt. Fuji. Also known as “The Sea of Trees” because of how thick its vegetation is, Aokigahara is the world’s second most popular place to die.
Because of Japan’s economic and social pressure on people, there’s a lot of suicide over there. And the national favorite spot is there. Aokigahara is a really strange forest with thick, twisted trees which have grown on a volcanic floor. It’s rumored to be so thick and dark that there’s no wind in there and barely anything alive because of the sun’s incapacity to reach the ground. The forest ground is made of roots and holes in which you might fall and never be discovered. It’s also really hard to find your way back once you leave the trail because no compass works, thanks to the high magnetic field coming from the volcanic floor.
Popularized as “the perfect place to die” by a suicide guide written in the 70’s, if I remember correctly, Aokigahara has seen its share of human misery. Every year, it is said that about 70 corpses are recovered from the forest by volunteers, but it’s also believed that the Japanese government hides the real number.
When a corpse is found, in order to appease its spirit and prevent it from becoming an evil entity, the body is brought to the forester’s office where it’s put on a bed, and one of the guards must sleep beside it so the soul can leave the material world peacefully.
However, it’s believed most bodies are not recovered and won’t make it to the Heavens, leaving their tortured souls in the forest, free to haunt those who leave the trail.
-therichest
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