Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Tape is wound around a tree in the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in this April 2012 photo. Other trees have been similarly marked inside the thick forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicides that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, to prevent people from getting disorientated.

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