Aokigahara is frequently featured in popular culture due its historic association with "yūrei" or ghosts of the dead in Japanese mythology and is a notoriously common suicide site (in which 54 took place in 2010). The forest is reportedly the most popular site for suicide in Japan, and among the top three most popular sites for suicide in the world. Statistics vary, but there were around 30 suicides documented every year during the period leading up to 1988.
The rate of suicide has led officials to place a sign at the forest's entry, written in Japanese, urging suicidal visitors to seek help and not take their own lives. Annual body searches have been conducted by police, volunteers, and attendant journalists since 1970.
This page lists Aokigahara in popular culture from both within Japan and abroad. It is not an exhaustive list of the many games, movies, manga and other cultural products that mention Aokigahara.