The haunting allure of Aokigahara, the Japanese ‘suicide forest’ Logan Paul captured on film

On the Aokigahara junkai of Mt. Fuji there are signs that tourists distracted to cherish their lives.

In the 2015 TV series "The Sea of ​​Trees", I came across a movie written in English and Japanese by Matthew McConogie. "Life gained from parents is precious" is written. "Your parents meditate again, once more.

On the last day of 2017, YouTuber Logan Paul uploaded a video of himself and three friends in the New Year, while traveling in Japan's "Forest of Suicide" Aokigahara. Aokigahara is located in the northern part of Mt. Fuji and has been associated with the death and ghosts of Japanese folklore for a long time, but in the 20th century a beautiful volcanic forest became a popular destination of suicide. Paul's video is completely tasteless even if everything he records is trees and ferns. But Paul and his friends encountered dead bodies. That is a clear result of one of Aokihara's many suicides. Paul welcomed the discovery with a terrible cold attitude and mocked his friends' discomfort. If he judged that the body is genuine and not a creepy gimmick, Paul seems to hit a click bait. When was Markiplier accidentally discovering a new body?

In the latest video of Logan Paul, he photographed the body of a Japanese male in the Aokihara Forest after apparent suicide. But in our shock and disappointment, we can not ignore the fact that Paul found a Japanese. The latest oddness of Logan · Paul in the forest of Japanese blue-tailed god constitutes a terrible progress of his previous work. It is a sense of alienation and identity of non-Western culture and non-white culture. This latest video established not only people with color, but his content, but we are concerned about our humanity really does not look to him.

For those who have never heard of it, Logan Paul recently decided to take a video at Aokigahara in so-called "suicide forest" in Japan. And it is said that more than 200 people will attend each year. Paul not only photographed the body of a deceased person but also posted it boldly on his YouTube channel. As a person committed suicide by his best friend's husband six days before Christmas this year, I also learned that my stomach was excited about this shocking common suitable lack. However, this is in contrast to the 'cool Japan' campaign promoted by the Japanese government tourism bureau to promote the beautiful and rich culture of the country. I call it "strange Japan". This includes pointing to people who grew up in Western culture what seems to be alternative, strange or simple and rude things in Japanese culture.