Sakatayama double suicide

These were all of interest to the Japanese public at the time; The next day, a surprising story was reported in the evening edition newspapers.

The Oiso Police Station conducted a large-scale search and found the body on the morning of the 11th.

The Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun, for example, reported, The fragrance of purity is high, and love tied to heaven.

[1] On the 13th, there was a young man and woman who jumped onto a Chūō Main Line train outside Kofu City and committed suicide, carrying a photo of Goro and Yaeko that appeared in the newspaper.

The Tokyo Asahi Shimbun reported this on May 19: A 65-year-old crematorium employee finally confessed on the 10th day.

In addition, there were 20 couples of men and women who committed suicide at Sakata Mountain, where the incident took place, in 1932 alone.

[4] In Oiso Town, where the incident took place, local residents made money by selling "married couple buns" and "Sakatayama memorial postcard".

This made Mount Mihara a tourist attraction, and the Yomiuri Shimbun organized a tour to take a gondola down to the crater for a photo shoot.