Kiyoko Matsumoto

On February 12, 1933, a 21-year-old female student, Kiyoko Matsumoto (松本貴代子, Matsumoto Kiyoko), committed suicide by jumping into the crater of Mount Mihara, an active 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.

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

http://www.tetsuwari.com/webapp/ydiary/exec/ldate/16/log/200206/action.html

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