Upload

This video is unavailable.

Suicide Forest in Japan

vice vice·853 videos
2,480,027

Subscription preferences

Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Working...
4,936,045
Like     Dislike 1,252

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to like vice's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to dislike vice's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add vice's video to your playlist.

Published on May 9, 2012

The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the novel Kuroi Jukai was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people started taking their own lives there at a rate of 50 to 100 deaths a year. The site holds so many bodies that the Yakuza pays homeless people to sneak into the forest and rob the corpses. The authorities sweep for bodies only on an annual basis, as the forest sits at the base of Mt. Fuji and is too dense to patrol more frequently.

Originally released in 2011 at http://vice.com

Need help? In the U.S., call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

Watch the last VICE Presents here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Presents-011

Subscribe for videos that are actually good: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE
Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/vice/videos
Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com
Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice
Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice
Read our tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

The interactive transcript could not be loaded.

Loading icon Loading...

Loading icon Loading...

Ratings have been disabled for this video.
Rating is available when the video has been rented.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Top Comments

  • david sharma

    "You think you die alone but it's not true" this line really touched me!!

    · 16

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate david sharma's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate david sharma's comment.
  • LadyEvelynL

    It's sad how people are so unhappy with life and their troubles, that they feel that the only to fix it, is to commit suicide. After having suicidal thoughts, I was able to rise above that, but I really feel for some of these people

    · 9

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate LadyEvelynL's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate LadyEvelynL's comment.

All Comments (28,790)

Sign in now to post a comment!
  • sgr7th

    I dont think they would remember the earth as beautiful because it caused so much pain. They probably just wanted to die alone in a beautiful setting....

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate sgr7th's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate sgr7th's comment.
    in reply to Pokegalkk (Show the comment)
  • PirateKing1256

    If you realised it. Life is one pointless shit.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate PirateKing1256's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate PirateKing1256's comment.
  • Hamisht12

    Because it's the internet. Everyone is an expert on everything. Also your opinion is always wrong.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Hamisht12's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Hamisht12's comment.
    in reply to gannonmoffitt (Show the comment)
  • Alexis Rory

    be happy is simple. think about it....

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Alexis Rory's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Alexis Rory's comment.
  • sparkygirl266

    I want to get to know that old man. He seems so thoughtful and kind.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate sparkygirl266's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate sparkygirl266's comment.
  • Pokegalkk

    18:45-18:54

    My first thought on why they killed themselves in such a beautiful place is because they probably wanted to remember this earth as beautiful. To remember it.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Pokegalkk's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Pokegalkk's comment.
  • MrNikoslia

    Why not worship the butcher of jesus- without him nobody would talk about ur "legend"

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate MrNikoslia's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate MrNikoslia's comment.
    in reply to Fenyes Napocska (Show the comment)
  • cheeze5882

    Because some people need the promise of an afterlife to make this life worth living, which is sad in its own way.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate cheeze5882's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate cheeze5882's comment.
    in reply to gannonmoffitt (Show the comment)
  • gannonmoffitt

    Explain why there are conversion comments in a suicide video

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate gannonmoffitt's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate gannonmoffitt's comment.
  • Loading comment...
Loading...
Advertisement
Loading...
Working...
Sign in to add this to Watch Later