In case you are wondering, this is a Wind Phone.

The original wind phone (風の電話, kaze no denwa) is an unconnected telephone booth in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, where visitors can hold one-way conversations with deceased loved ones. Initially created by garden designer Itaru Sasaki in 2010 to help him cope with his cousin’s death, it was opened to the public the following year after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami killed over 15,000 people in the Tōhoku region. The wind phone has since received over 30,000 visitors.

A number of replicas have been constructed around the world.

The wind phone was not designed with any specific religious connotation but rather as a way to reflect on loss.

A wind phone found in the middle of the woods in Ball’s Falls Conservation Area had the following sign:

“A Wind Phone is for anyone who has lost someone special in their life. We hope you find comfort in expressing feelings, sharing memories, and saying goodbyes you never had the opportunity to say. As you talk with your loved one, let the wind carry your words over the trees and into the beyond. Grief is a natural response to loss and is unique to everyone. Give yourself permission to feel whatever you feel, without judgment.”

Maybe we should have more Wind Phones spread in all places.

Source: pinehurst.resort, Tiktok