My reason for going there is my brother will be the driver and wants to visit. If he’s hell bent on staying overnight then I would have course support that. If that how it goes I may camp or even find a place nearby to stay. Don’t fancy a night in the car so it’s one or the other.
The Aokigahara forest in Japan
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My reason for going there is my brother will be the driver and wants to visit. If he’s hell bent on staying overnight then I would have course support that. If that how it goes I may camp or even find a place nearby to stay. Don’t fancy a night in the car so it’s one or the other.
Soldato
i never said it had. i used the word snottery not snobbery. apologies, that's a colloquial term for being arsey/obnoxious. which you were and are continuing to be. so i'm not really interested in further debate with you.
I'll say this though, for what it's worth i actually fully understand where you're getting your false sense of disrespect from. if the op and his brother were going to try and locate actual spots in the forest where people had committed suicide and camp out directly in or near them for 'lols', particularly if family members of the deceased had placed shrines there i'd agree it was disrespect full. but they've made no reference to wanting to do that. he simply said his brother wanted to go and camp in the forest so i'll take it at face value. i'm not going to assume they are going there to get a kick out of it.
as a result of the suicides I gather it is a rather spooky place. it's also, from what i've read, incredibly quiet - wanting to visit somewhere like that and camp there is not disrespectul. in my opinion. - see i don't need to be arsey and ask why you can't get your head round that when posting my opinion.
but my view on it is neither here nor there. i've made my point, politely. you've made yours with your little snidey remarks tacked on for whatever reason. perhaps you feel it reinforces your point, i don't know the reason and i don't care. i'll leave you to it and wish you well.
Soldato
what? you mean you and you're brother aren't going to have a party and dance naked round the very trees where people committed suicide?!
Soldato
March and April I would agree with, but Autumn I would say mid-October - November. Even the first couple of weeks in October can still be rather nasty temperature and humidity wise and you can catch a late typhoon quite easily even then.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. Something like 2-4 jumpers a month. There's a documentary called 'The Bridge' if you're into that sort of stuff.
your brother sounds pretty ghoulish if that is the reason he wants to visit it hoping to find a suicide victim.
How did you come to that conclusion? That’s not the reason for a visit.
Thanks. I'm going to need to dig a bit deeper, I'm curious as to why this forest. At some point someone must've made the decision to use it.
I can't remember if it was the video I linked or another one but they say their park rangers remove an abandoned vehicle many times a week, so much so that they had to get a dedicated flatbed for them.
It's remarkable how honor bound the Japanese are, that they'd be willing to end it all if they consider themselves a burden to their family. Such a beautiful and grim thing at the same time.
That's literally what you said the reason for the visit was for in your first 2 posts.
How is that anything but ghoulish?
the exact quote that I posted before literally says your brother wants to illegally camp overnight in the forest because of its reputation as a hotspot for suicides. How is it my interpretation that's at fault?
I feel confident in my assessment that your brother has issues, the fact you refuse to even contemplate that is your problem.
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no mate, my only knowledge is literally what you wrote on these boards, and yes I do find it creepy.
We’re looking at early April now, should be able to do a month.
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Don't act like you've never slowed down on a road with an accident to get a good look at the wreckage
I don't drive, so no actually I haven't. And rubberneckers are a menace on the road to other drivers and first responders.