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Tag: Sea of Trees

Japan’s Forest of Ghosts–Aokigahara

Posted on June 29, 2012May 23, 2016 by Andrew Kincaid

Aokigahara lies at the foot of holy Mount Fuji in Japan. Also known as the Sea of Trees, it is a dense, dark forest, a place that has long been the focus of myth and legend. It is said that great deposits of iron lay underneath the Earth there, and that they play havoc with…

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