On August 31st, I received a red dial-type public telephone from Amami Oshima. This is a phone call made in the 1960s with a 10-yen coin. As young people today may not know, it is a nostalgic thing for us in our age.
Mr. Nobuo Yasushi, a former NTT employee of Amami Oshima, who watched TV for 24 hours, learned that “The Phone of the Wind” is a mental support for the victims, and he damaged the phone he kept at home. I have contacted you to help the area.
Even now, eight years after the earthquake, many people still visit “The Phone of the Wind” and continue to talk with people who cannot meet quietly in the telephone booth. It is known that there is one dial-type black telephone and a notebook in the telephone booth, and the telephone line is not connected anywhere. The image may be corrupted with a red phone. Therefore, if you decline there, you will end up saying “Is that so?” However, we learned the importance of “bonds and ties” in the disaster. I wanted to cherish the “connection” with Amami, which is far away. That’s why I replied, “I’ll have it.”
After that, Mr. Tamotsu contacted the newspaper company. The “Amami Shimbun” and “Nankai Nihon Shimbun” also contacted us and said, “Isn’t the real intention a nuisance?” And “I’m glad that Amami was involved in the reconstruction support for East Japan.”
The old telephone booth that was replaced last year is placed in the Kikki Forest as a garden object. A visitor from Kanagawa called, “I came to’The Phone of the Wind’, but I don’t have a phone.” “I’m sorry, the real thing is at the bottom. Please use that.” It’s rude to say that it was funny. Also, in the picture book “Kaze no Denwa”, a red phone is drawn. Because of these things, I think that it is an “edge” that includes everything. Thank you very much.