Aokigahara

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Aokigahara (Aokigahara-Jukai[1]) is a "dense forest at the foot of Mt. Fuji near Tokyo, [which] has been known as a leading suicide site in Japan since the 1340s when the first suicide was committed by a Buddhist monk[2]" (Dogan, Demirci, and Deniz S87).

Notes

  1. Dogan, Demirci, and Deniz refer to Aokigahara as "Aokigahara-Jukai" in their paper "Why Do People Hang Themselves on Trees? An Evaluation of Suicidal Hangings on Trees in Konya, Turkey, between 2001 and 2008." It is further referred to as such in Yoshitomo Takahashi's paper "Aokigahara-jukai: Suicide and Amnesia in Mt. Fuji's Black Forest".
  2. Although this fact is reported by Dogan, Demirci, and Deniz, it is unsourced. Further research turned up the name "Shohkai" as the name of the monk, but this seems to be based on urban legend and not solid fact.

References

  • Aokigahara Suicide Forest. Dir. Santiago Stelley. Prod. Santiago Stelley. Perf. Azusa Hayano. Vice Media, 2010. VICE. VICE Media LLC. Web. 18 July 2015.
  • Dogan, Kamil Hakan, Serafettin Demirci, and Idris Deniz. "Why Do People Hang Themselves on Trees? An Evaluation of Suicidal Hangings on Trees in Konya, Turkey, between 2001 and 2008." Journal of Forensic Sciences 60.Suppl S1 (2015): S87-92. Print.
  • Flaskerud, Jacquelyn H. "Suicide Culture." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 35.5 (2014): 403-05. Print.
  • Matsumoto, Seichō. 黒い樹海. Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1960. Print.
  • Takahashi, Yoshitomo. "Aokigahara-jukai: Suicide and Amnesia in Mt. Fuji's Black Forest." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 18.2 (1988): 164-75. Print.
  • Tsurumi, Wataru. 完全自殺マニュアル. Tokyo: Ōta Shuppan, 1993. Print.