Yes! Today we will discuss the Suicide Forest of Japan – the Aokigahara Forest. This Forest in Japan ranks 2nd after the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco, California as the top place in the world where people commit suicide.
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The Aokigahara Forest is just a 2-hour drive to the west of the capital city of Tokyo. The entire floor of this forest in Japan is made of volcanic rock. In the year 864, Mt.Fuji erupted violently for 6 months and buried several villages around it. This massive area of hardened lava turned into a dense forest over a period of 1000 years now, in the shadow of the snow-capped volcano.
The trees and their roots in this suicide forest of Japan organically twist and turn. The roots cover the forest floor by growing in an entangled manner, creating a wide web-like network. The trees here are so close to each other that sunlight and wind can barely enter this forest.
The overall forest appears like a spooky jungle scene from a horror movie. The pores in the rocks of this suicide forest of Japan absorb the sound waves, which makes this forest a very silent place to spend some peaceful time in the lap of nature.
The uneven rocky terrain of the Aokigahara Forest has several underground caves, which are popular amongst the tourists to explore like the Narusawa Ice Cave, Fugaku Wind Cave and Lake Sai Bat Cave.
The wildlife dwelling in this forest is comparatively sparse, given the forest area and the dense forest cover. Mammals like the Asian Black Bear, small Japanese mole, mice, deer, fox, boar, wild rabbit, Japanese mink, and Japanese squirrel find their home in this suicide forest of Japan. Other birds include willow tit, great spotted woodpecker, bush warbler, Eurasian jay, Japanese and Siberian thrush, oriental turtle dove, etc.
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