Results: Aokigahara
Published on 05/27/2016
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Aokigahara, also known as the Suicide Forest or Sea of Trees, is a 35-square-kilometre forest that lies at Mount Fuji's northwest base in Japan. Check off what is true for you:
I've heard of Aokigahara
21%
398 votes
I've been there
3%
61 votes
It's on my list of places to go
4%
67 votes
I know of at least one reference to this place
8%
145 votes
N/A
69%
1288 votes
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Here are some interesting things regarding the forest, check off the ones you know:
The forest has a historic association with "y?rei" or angry ghosts of the dead in Japanese mythology
11%
199 votes
Is a notoriously common suicide site (in which 54 took place in 2010)
17%
321 votes
A sign at the head of the main trail urges suicidal visitors to think of their families and contact a suicide prevention association
10%
192 votes
The forest is reportedly the most popular site for suicide in Japan
14%
254 votes
is one of the top three places in the world to commit suicide
7%
130 votes
In 2003, 105 bodies were found in the forest, exceeding the previous record of 78 in 2002
4%
72 votes
Most common ways that those who committed suicide in the forest was by hanging and drug overdoses
8%
145 votes
N/A
72%
1343 votes
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Here are some references to Aokigahara, check which ones you are familiar with:
The site's popularity has been attributed to Seich? Matsumoto's 1960 novel Kuroi Jukai (Black Sea of Trees)
5%
86 votes
Anime / Manga: Transformers: Super-God Masterforce, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Samurai Deeper Kyo
5%
95 votes
Movies: Forest of the living dead, Grave Halloween, 47 Ronin, The Sea of Trees
10%
180 votes
Games: Akatsuki Blitzkampf, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
3%
53 votes
Literature: Kuroi Jukai (Black Sea of Trees) by Seich? Matsumoto, Suicide Forest by Jeremy Bates, The Three by Sarah Lotz, Sea of Trees by Yannick Murphy
3%
60 votes
Music: The Sea of Trees (2015) by Secret Grief, Dum Spiro Spero by Dir En Grey, Aokigahara by Harakiri
2%
34 votes
N/A
81%
1521 votes
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Lastly, it's said that there are bones, possibly bodies still hanging in the forest, yet it's a huge tourist spot for visitors. Now, being at the end of the survey, would you visit the forest knowing what you do?
Yes
19%
351 votes
No
55%
1032 votes
Undecided
26%
491 votes
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