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2 unusual facts about Kiyoko Matsumoto


Kiyoko

Kiyoko Matsumoto (松本 貴代子), a person known for having committed suicide by jumping into the crater of Mount Mihara in 1933 which started a trend all over Japan

Kiyoko Matsumoto

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?"



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