Tuesday, January 2, 2018

The haunting allure of Aokigahara, the Japanese ‘suicide forest’ Logan Paul captured on film

FILE - in this Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998, file photo a group of schoolchildren read signs posted in the dense woods of the Aokigahara Forest at the base of Mount Fuji, Japan. American blogger Logan Paul is apologizing after getting slammed for a video he shared on YouTube that appeared to show a dead body in the Aokigahara Forest in Japan, which is famous as a suicide spot. The sign at right reads: "Your life is a precious gift from your parents. Once again, try to remember your parents, brothers and sisters and think about your children." (AP Photo/Atsushi Tsukada, File)
Inside Mount Fuji’s Aokigahara Jukai forest, there are signs urging distraught visitors to value their lives. In the 2015 drama “The Sea of Trees,” Matthew McConaughey’s character stumbles upon one written in both English and Japanese. “The life you were given from your parents is precious,” it reads. “Once more, meditate on your parents, your siblings, your children. Think about […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/02/the-haunting-allure-of-aokigahara-the-japanese-suicide-forest-logan-paul-captured-on-film/

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