The Deathly Mountain
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Mt. Hikami has long been feared to be haunted. In the past, it was said that sleeping with one's feet facing the mountain was taboo.
Watching the sun set behind the mountain, too, was believed to invite forth beings from the Netherworld.
Today, the mountain is said to call to those fascinated by death. Countless rumors abound of people spirited away to that accursed peak.
They are said to venture to the mountain alone, leaving behind no trace of themselves.
Some say the bodies of those who vanish can be found at the bottom of the Lake of the Departed on the mountain's summit.
Since becoming a tourist destination, the prevalence of such frightening tales did seem to diminish for a while.
Even so, despite its fleeting status as a tourist hotspot, Mt. Hikami is yet to shake its reputation as a cursed mountain, a place of death.
Today, it has become a popular place at which to commit suicide.