Digital Wanderer

We live as long as we fly

The Japanese are ahead of the rest of the world

My friends have heard me say more than once that I'd like to end my life by jumping into the crater of a volcano. Turns out, the Japanese came up with this ages ago. Back in 1933-34, eight hundred people leaped in right here. As usual, if you can imagine some crazy thing, the Japanese have long since brought it to life.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20161024024305/https://archives.chicagotribune.com/1936/05/10/page/98/article/japans-fiery-pit-of-death

Sepia-toned newspaper clipping from May 10, 1936, with the headline “Japan's Fiery Pit of Death”. The photo shows the smoking crater of Mount Mihara with explanations of its fiery nature and its status as a site of mass suicides.