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The continent’s imperiled rims therefore become a new kind of landscape, the Involuntary Parks. They are not representations of untouched nature, but of vengeful nature, of natural processes reasserting themselves in areas of political and technological collapse. An embarrassment during the twentieth century, Involuntary Parks could become a somber necessity during the twenty-first. (via Another Bouncing Ball)
Sea of Trees (Japanese Suicide Forest)
Due to the vastness of the forest, desperate visitors are unlikely to encounter anyone once inside the so-called “Sea of Trees,” so the police have left signs reading “Your life is a precious gift from your parents,” and “Please consult the police before you decide to die!” mounted on trees throughout.
It’s popularity for suicides is due in some part to the novel Kuroi Jukai (Black Sea of Trees), which ends with the lovers of the novel committing suicide in the forest. Since the 1950s, more than 500 people have lost their lives in the forest.