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Shoes are piled neatly by the entrance, cars are abandoned in a square nearby, and bodies can be found hanging within. Long a subject of public fascination, Japan's "suicide forest" is now the ...
AOKIGAHARA FOREST, Japan — Long before YouTube star Logan Paul brought renewed notoriety to this primeval forest at the foot of Mount Fuji by posting a video of a body hanging from a tree, local ...
Japan’s Aokigahara Forest has long been associated with demons of Japanese mythology, which might have contributed to what the site is most well-known for. The 14-square mile region at the ...
At a lakeside cafe near the entrance to the forest, Hideo Watanabe erects signs and chats with visitors before they enter the forest. In 2011, he said he’d saved more than 160 people. His method ...
Its setting — a Japanese forest called Aokigahara that is an infamous site for suicides (as well as a rich source of ghost mythology) — is real, and a sterling example of the many terrifying ...
A controversial video by YouTube star Logan Paul shows what appears to be a body hanging from a tree in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, known throughout the country for the suicides that happen there.
AOKIGAHARA, Japan (KABC) -- A new movie called "The Forest" is bringing attention to a quiet and beautiful forest, but there's a reason government officials would rather you forget it exists. ...
Aokigahara is a beautiful forest that sits at the base of Japan's iconic volcano Mount Fuji. But behind all its beauty is a dark and tragic story the government wishes to silent.
Japan’s Aokigahara forest is infamous as a haunted place, where people from around the world travel to commit suicide. In 2016 though, it’s become where film crews go to make bad movies.