Geologist Hayano Asuza makes regular sweeps of the area and reaches out to people he meets in the forest, encouraging them to choose life over death. For obvious reasons, hanging is the most common suicide method in the forest, and those fully determined to die typically get to it quickly - but others who are not so sure may camp in the forest for days or weeks at a time. Though the authorities may not attempt to rescue anyone, some volunteer groups and individuals do try.
Take a moment to reconsider" is a common refrain. "Your life is a precious gift from your parents. Also posted are phone numbers for bankruptcy lawyers and other services. Though that number has apparently decreased in recent years, the perimeter of the forest is still posted with signs advising potential suicides to consider their loved ones and call the advertised suicide counseling hotline. During the early 2000's, as many as 100 people per year would make a suicide pilgrimage to the forest. Reportedly, copies of the latter book are regularly found in the forest, often near bodies. Following this, Tsurumi Wataru featured the forest in his Complete Manual of Suicide. The fame of the forest as a suicide spot probably began with Matsumoto Seichi 's 1960 novel Kuroi Jukai ("Black Sea of Trees"), which features a love suicide in the forest. Not only is it the top spot for suicide in Japan, reportedly it's the second-most popular suicide spot in the whole world, after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Nonetheless, a feeling of gloom and foreboding suffuses the place even in the daytime - perhaps this is how the Aokigahara Jukai came to be " The Suicide Forest". Though the forest is also extremely beautiful, and the trees are fairly short, meaning that sunlight readily filters down to the forest floor. Fuji is an important sacred site in Japanese Shinto/Buddhist tradition, and you can practically feel the power radiating out of the ground here. In addition, the unusual topography prevents the wind from blowing straight through the forest, blanketing it in eerie silence and stillness. Tree roots crawl snakelike over the boulders, and iron ore in the underlying rock has a tendency to scramble GPSs and compasses alike. Fuji's latest eruption, in the 9th century A.D., meaning that the forest floor is unusually uneven and riddled with potholes and lava caves. The trees grow directly on lava floes dating from Mr. Not only this, but the the forest is notoriously dense and maze-like. Jukai, which literally means " Sea of Trees," was chosen as the name of this forest because the forest stays green all year round, and when viewed from atop the surrounding mountains, it looks like green waves lapping at the base of Mount Fuji. Fuji near the Five Lakes region in Yamanashi Prefecture. Sakurai almost certainly got the title of this song from the Aokigahara Jukai, the forest at the base of Mt.
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