Aokigahara
Aokigahara, also known as the Sea of Trees, is a forest on the northwestern flank of the 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: forest near Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Jukai”, “Sea of Trees”, and “Suicide Forest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Ōmuro and Fugaku Wind Cave.
Mount Ōmuro
Peak
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Ōmuro is a mountain located at the northwestern foot of Mount Fuji, in Fujikawaguchiko, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is one of the many extinct volcanoes of Mount Fuji, and because it is located at the gentle foot of Mount Fuji, it looks like an independent peak.
Fugaku Wind Cave
Cave
Photo: Kounoichi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fugaku Wind Cave is a lava tube at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, Japan. It is the largest of the several lava tubes that are found in the Aokigahara forest in Fujikawaguchiko Town, Yamanashi Prefecture. Fugaku Wind Cave is situated 3 km north of Aokigahara.
Narusawa Ice Cave
Cave
Photo: Kounoichi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Narusawa Ice Cave is a lava tube located in the Aokigahara forest, in the part that belongs to Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the three larger lava tubes at the northern foot of Mount Fuji, the other two caves being Fugaku Wind Cave and Lake Sai Bat Cave. Narusawa Ice Cave is situated 3 km northeast of Aokigahara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narusawa.
Narusawa
Village
Photo: Filler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narusawa is a village located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the village had an estimated population of 3,152 in 1257 households, and a population density of 32.6 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 89.58 square kilometres. Narusawa is situated 6 km northeast of Aokigahara.
Aokigahara
Latitude
35.45283° or 35° 27′ 10″ northLongitude
138.64964° or 138° 38′ 59″ eastElevation
975 metres (3,199 feet)Open location code
8Q7WFJ3X+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3930573869OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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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: “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 Arboles”
- 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: Must-Visit Destinations
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