Aokigahara-jukai: suicide and amnesia in Mt. Fuji's Black Forest

Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1988 Summer;18(2):164-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1988.tb00150.x.

Abstract

Aokigahara-jukai (Jukai), a dense forest at the foot of Mt. Fuji, is well known as the leading suicide site in Japan, with about 30 people committing suicide there every year. This paper describes Jukai and three cases of psychogenic amnesia following attempted suicide there. Amnesia as an alternative to suicide and the significance of death in Jukai are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amnesia / psychology*
  • Dissociative Disorders / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Social Environment
  • Suicide / psychology*
  • Suicide, Attempted / psychology*