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Suicide Cliff - location where Japanese civilians and soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by US troops. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] Mog_fanatic 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like there's a suicide something or other all over Japan and it makes me sad. Just off the top of my head I can think of this, the suicide forest, the sea wall on Mitsubishi Island, nijino bridge, that one train station in Tokyo... Shits depressing

[–] blackfire 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The US has quite a few too, mainly big bridges or deserts. Not sure what popular Europe spots there are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The dorm where I lived during university was known as the Jump Tower.
About one student per semester committed suicide by jumping off its roof.

[–] TwoBeeSan 2 points 2 weeks ago

All the cool kids commit ritual suicide 😎😎

[–] skizzles 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was unaware that there are were two from that time period.

There's another one in Okinawa which is now known as Peace Prayer (or Memorial) Park.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Prefectural_Peace_Memorial_Museum