Kiyoko Matsumoto

On February 12, 1933, a 21 year-old girl's school student, nihongo|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. [ja icon [http://www.daitouryu.com/iyashi/shinizama/shinizama16.html 癒しの杜の会 ] ] This act started a trend in Japan and over the course of the year, 944 people (804 men, 140 women) [ja icon [http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/mamohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?stub&title=Kiyoko_Matsumoto&action=edits/whatsnew/wn05_3rd.html 2005年７月〜９月｜日録メモ風の更新情報｜MAMO's ] ] leapt into the crater.

References in popular culture

American musician Beck references Matsumoto's death in the lyrics to the song "Volcano" from his 2008 album Modern Guilt: 'And I heard of that Japanese girl who jumped into The Volcano. Was she trying to make it back, back into the womb of the world?'

References

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