Aokigahara
Aokigahara, also known as the Sea of Trees, is a forest on the northwestern flank of Mount Fuji on the island of Honshu in Japan, thriving on 30 square kilometres of hardened lava laid down by the last major eruption of Mount Fuji in 864 CE.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 980 metres (3,200 feet)
- Description: forest near Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as“Jukai”“Sea of Trees”“Suicide Forest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Ōmuro and Fugaku Wind Cave.
Fugaku Wind Cave
Cave
Fugaku Wind Cave is a lava tube at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. Fugaku Wind Cave is situated 3 km north of Aokigahara.
Narusawa Ice Cave
Cave
The Narusawa Ice Cave is a lava tube located in the… Narusawa Ice Cave is situated 3 km northeast of Aokigahara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narusawa.
Narusawa
Village
Narusawa is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Narusawa is situated 6 km northeast of Aokigahara.
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Latitude
35.45283° or 35° 27′ 10″ north
Longitude
138.64964° or 138° 38′ 59″ east
Open location code
8Q7WFJ3X+4V
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Aokigahara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوكيجاهارا”
- Arabic: “أوكيغاهارا”
- Arabic: “غابة أوكيغاهارا”
- Armenian: “Աոկիգահարա”
- Asturian: “Aokigahara”
- Azerbaijani: “Aokiqahara”
- Basque: “Aokigahara”
- Bengali: “অওকিগাহারা”
- Catalan: “Aokigahara”
- Catalan: “Bosc Aokigahara”
- Catalan: “Mar d’Arbres”
- Cebuano: “Aokiga Hara”
- Central Kurdish: “ئاوکیگاھارا”
- Chinese: “青木ヶ原樹海”
- Chinese: “青木原”
- Croatian: “Aokigahara”
- Czech: “Aokigahara”
- Czech: “Les sebevrahů”
- Dutch: “Aokigahara”
- Dutch: “Japans zelfmoordbos”
- Dutch: “Jukai”
- Dutch: “Zee van bomen”
- Dutch: “Zelfmoordbos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوكيجاهارا”
- Estonian: “Aokigahara”
- Finnish: “Aokigahara”
- Finnish: “aokighara”
- French: “Aokigahara Jukai”
- French: “Aokigahara”
- Galician: “Aokigahara”
- Galician: “Bosque dos suicidios”
- Galician: “Mar de árbores”
- German: “Aokigahara Jukai”
- German: “Aokigahara”
- Greek: “Αοκιγκαχάρα”
- Guarani: “Aokigahára”
- Hebrew: “אאוקיגהארה”
- Hebrew: “אוקיגאהרה”
- Hungarian: “Aokigahara”
- Indonesian: “Aokigahara”
- Italian: “Aokigahara”
- Italian: “Foresta dei suicidi”
- Italian: “Foresta di Aokigahara”
- Italian: “Jukai”
- Japanese: “富士の樹海”
- Japanese: “富士山原始林及び青木ヶ原樹海”
- Japanese: “青木が原”
- Japanese: “青木が原樹海”
- Japanese: “青木ヶ原”
- Japanese: “青木ヶ原樹海”
- Japanese: “青木ケ原樹海”
- Korean: “아오키가하라”
- Korean: “아오키가하라주카이”
- Korean: “자살 숲”
- Korean: “주카이 숲”
- Korean: “주카이”
- Latvian: “Aokigahara”
- Lithuanian: “Aokigaharos miškas”
- Macedonian: “Аокигахара”
- Marathi: “ओकीगहारा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aokigahara”
- Norwegian: “Aokigahara”
- Persian: “آئوکیگاهارا”
- Polish: “Aokigahara”
- Portuguese: “Aokigahara”
- Russian: “Аокигахара”
- Russian: “Дзюкай”
- Russian: “лес самоубийц”
- Scots: “Aokigahara”
- Serbian: “Aокигахара”
- Serbian: “Аокигахара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aokigahara”
- Silesian: “Aokigahara”
- Silesian: “Morze Strōmōw”
- Slovenian: “Aokigahara”
- Spanish: “Aokigahara”
- Spanish: “bosque Aokigahara”
- Spanish: “Mar de Árboles”
- Swedish: “Aokigahara”
- Tagalog: “Aokigahara”
- Thai: “จูไก”
- Thai: “นทีแห่งไม้”
- Thai: “ป่าฆ่าตัวตาย”
- Thai: “อาโอกิงาฮาระ”
- Turkish: “Aokigahara”
- Ukrainian: “Аокігахара”
- Uzbek: “Aokigahara”
- Vietnamese: “Aokigahara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Aokigahara”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as 字ジラゴンノ and 字焼間.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fuji Fūketsu and Fuji wind cave.
Yamanashi: Highlights
Learn more about Kofu and Fujiyoshida.
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