Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Japan's Most Haunted Forest - Aokigahara

Author: Craig Hawkins

Aokigahara is a forest that lies at the base of Mount Fuji. It is also known as The Sea of Trees. The caverns in the forest are made of rock an ice even when it is summer.
After the first kilometer and the known tourist attractions Ice Cave and Wind Cave, there is very little sign of human contact.



Compasses are known to fail some people by giving false readings because of the high iron in the rocks, this is said to only happen to people with commercially brought compasses as US Militery regular use the forest as a place for training practices and their military grade lensatic compasses are known to function properly.

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1 comment:

  1. Hey, I thought I’d comment as I recently visited Aokigahara forest and spent 6 hours exploring it with two friends and three cameras. I compiled most of the video footage + photos along with bits and pieces from my journal to construct the story of my experience there. Please check it out and let me know what you think! (follow the link)
    http://endofthegame.net/2012/02/20/aokigahara/

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