Hello and welcome to the channel. It has long been my goal to have more adventures and specifically to have more videos of me exploring Aokigahara. The pan dem ic messed up those plans, but I finally got to return to one of my favorite places to poke around.
Please check out my other aokigahara videos – the first one I ever made that I mention in this week’s video is here:
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Enjoyable content friend.🥾👌
Excellent video. Really surprising that you didn't run across anyone else. Is this something that typically attracts a lot of tourists?
Lots of gems in this video, bro…especially your sad-that-you-even-had-to-say-it, "No shortage of 🤬holes!" comment… 😂
I was in that part of the forest for a bit on my way to the top of Fuji in Part 1 my Sea of Trees-to-Summit pair of videos, but having a different purpose for the trip, we didn't take the trail to that house. I am definitely game to explore more of that side of the forest in future trips!
Criminally underused area for hiking. Of course, it’s a lot of “the same” but still very atmospheric and beautiful.
Superb stuff, very enjoyable. Plenty of good info in there and very atmospheric. How many spider webs did you walk through?
The whole place seems a bit on the creepy side… don’t know if I could hike it alone 😅
As both a 廃墟 (Haikyo Urbex) and a writer of paranormal romances these have been very useful and entertaining, as well as lovely to look at. With things opening up perhaps I will get my passport in order and come look for myself. Thank-you for the lovely work
That reminded of the Blaire witch house
If you want to know more about the abandoned house and the cave, you should probably read "Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan's Suicide Forest". I am reading it now and I believe that this area is exactly what is described towards the end of the book. It's very intriguing to say the least.
Fascinating! I believe the abandoned house in the video is Kentoku Dojo (乾徳道場). Abandoned sometime in the 2010's. It had been occupied by an elderly couple prior to that. The couple claimed to be Nichiren, but the site is built on a former Fuji-ko site. I believe the consensus is that the couple moved away, since they were getting too old to continue living out there on their own. But, no one knows for sure since the couple was a bit reclusive…and just sorta vanished at some point in the 2010's. Fantastic stuff! Looking forward to more Jukai videos.
Wow!!
do we allowed to ride mountain bike on the trail?