Kiyoko Matsumoto

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On February 12, 1933, a 21 year-old girl's school student, Kiyoko Matsumoto (松本 貴代子 Matsumoto Kiyoko?), committed suicide by jumping into the crater of Mount Mihara, a volcano on the island of Izu Ōshima, Japan.[1] This act started a trend in Japan and over the course of the year, 944 people (804 men, 140 women)[2] leapt into the crater.

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Japanese) 癒しの杜の会
  2. ^ (Japanese) 2005年７月〜９月｜日録メモ風の更新情報｜MAMO's
  1. http://www.tetsuwari.com/webapp/ydiary/exec/ldate/16/log/200206/action.html
  2. http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kuhiwo/dazai/education.html


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