Aokigahara-jukai

Aokigahara-jukai is the forest area that spreads out on the foot of Mt. Fuji

It is located on the way of Mt. Fuji mountain road, and being a famous tourist spot, this area is always busy with the tourists. There is very big parking lot.

There is a camping ground and a park near this place, and a walking trail has been provided to go through Aokigahara-jukai. This is one of the best places for leisure activities.

The scenery formed by the lake and Mt. Fuji is beautiful.

This place can be easily reached from Tokyo, and is a popular sightseeing spot.
On the other hand, this is a deep forest with lot of trees and bushes, and hence even if you go little off from the walking trail it would be very difficult to return to the original spot.

The surface of the area other than the walking trail has uneven and rough dents of various sizes because it was created by the eruption of lava, and hence there is a chance of injury due to slippage.

There is a real saying from the past the “You cannot come out once you enter” and it also has another face of being a famous suicide spot. The chances of finding the remains of some of the corpses, not so far from the walking trail, is high.

The problem is when someone enters the forest by leaving the walking trail, and if they don’t see the walking trail or guide signboard, they will find that the area is surrounded by similar type of straight trees over 360 degrees, and the same scenery without any specific features to distinguish will continue. They will be trapped into the paralysis of direction sense because there is no prominent landmark either.
Keeping the foothold steady becomes a problem, does not let to proceed straight, and makes it impossible to return to the original place.
There are lot of cases of death due to the fact that they were unable to return to the original place after stepping out of the walking trail out of interest, and not with the intention of suicide.
This place is so dangerous that the police used to patrol the parking lot to see if there are any cars parked in the parking lot without attention late in the evening.