Author: ベルガーディア鯨山（英語版）

When I went out after cleaning the box of “The Phone of the Wind” this morning, I heard a humming noise around my head, and when I got rid of it, I felt a sharp pain in my hand. When I waved my hand, I felt the same pain around my neck, so I shook my hands and ran away to my house. At that time, the appearance of the bee could not be identified.

Immediately the pain struck. It’s the fourth time I’ve been attacked by a bee, but it’s the first time I’ve been stabbed in the neck and the pain is not odd.

Someone comes to the wind phone every day, and no matter who is attacked, it is an incident and I have to remove it immediately. I put on three layers of clothes and trousers, wrap a towel around my neck, and put a net on my hat. I held the bee jet and went to the side of the box, but I couldn’t see the bee. At first, I sprayed a jet on the grass on the side, but there was no change. One of them gathered around the roof and one of them started to intimidate. It’s a wasp! Although this is fully armed, I am fully aware of its fear.

I attacked the bazooka at the place where I was hanging out, and when they were dismissed, I tried to attack the enemy’s main team at once, but I could not find the nest of the main team. It seemed that the main team was nesting inside the triangular roof of the enemy, and the bazooka that was wasted was finally played, and I had to retreat after that.

If it couldn’t be annihilated, we had to avoid harming the people who came to the phone, so we decided to put up a rope and put out a sticker.

It was so hot that I took off my heavy equipment and went to the fierce battlefield again. We apologize for the inconvenience, but for the sake of your safety, we have to ban it. Thank you for your understanding.

Even so, my neck hurts.

At 2:00 pm on May 20, “Amazing Grace” by violin solo was played on the scented wind against the background of “The Phone of the Wind”.

The player was Mr. Katsumi Matsumoto, a popular player of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. It was the first time I met him at a lecture held in Shizuoka on February 25th and then at a violin concert.

After the event was over, a social gathering was held by the Shizuoka Volunteer Association. It was to visit and play “The Phone of the Wind” that I promised to get rid of alcohol. Since he is a very busy player, I thought it was “no way”, but this time I was able to realize it with the help of Mr. Tsuyoshi Konno, the representative of “Love and Human Concert Committee”. Thank you to Mr. Matsumoto, Mr. Konno, and everyone else involved.

In addition, there are two outdoor performances, “This road I came someday”, then Elgar’s “Love’s Greeting” at “The Library of the Forest”, “Liebesfreud” and “Liebesleid” by Kreisler, “Humoresque”by Dvorak, and “Ave Maria” by Schubert,  etc.

We have reached the fifth equinoctial week since the Great East Japan Earthquake. On the 18th, we also visited the grave.

As soon as I finished my work in Kamaishi and opened the door to do a series of tasks such as cleaning the inside of the telephone box and turning daily calendar, then I saw red and yellow apples in my eyes. Even if I turn over the notebook, there is no such description as to who put it. It was the first time in my 5th year that I became little worried.

However, the next morning, a bouquet was placed this time. It was also the first time that a bouquet was placed, although it seemed that someone had come early in the morning.

I understood that the psychology of people who use “The Phone of the Wind”  tends to avoid the public eye.

Therefore, I kept saying “I want group guests and tourists not to come here for sightseeing because there are people who really need ‘The Phone of the Wind'”. I feel like I was reminded that there were people who was so traumatized and I realized that I was not able to maintain my feelings at the beginning of the earthquake even five years past.

“Anne’s Rose” was created by a Belgian breeder in memory of Anne Frank, a girl who died in a Jewish concentration camp during World War II.

Anne’s father, Otto Frank, gave its roots to a pastor in Nara Prefecture in 1972. After that, a former high school teacher in Kyoto Prefecture cultivated it with her son and sent it to various parts of the country and spread it. That is the its roots in Japan.

About 30 years ago, a seedling came to Mr. Hirotatsu Aoki, a rose farmer in Ono Town, Gifu prefecture through the UNESCO Association. “If I don’t keep growing it, it will extinct.” Aoki grows about 10 grafts a year.

Last year, when photographer Hiroyuki Miura visited “The Phone of the Wind”, he heard the story of Anne’s rose, “Rose related to Anne who endured adversity,” and “It encourages people who visit the telephone box after losing a loved one.” He asked Mr. Miura to act as an intermediary. Mr. Aoki also entrusted the seedlings to Mr. Miura, saying, “I would be happy if the roses would heal the visitors,” and this time, on the 15th, he visited “The Phone of the Wind” and handed them over to me.

I am deeply grateful to all of you for your efforts and to have another item that will help to recover visitors’ hearts. thank you!

Lecture on “The Phone of the Wind Story” held at ALWF Rocky Center in Shizuoka Prefecture on February 25th. Initially, more than 100 people gathered for the recruitment of 50 people, and we were able to spend 90 minutes happily and meaningfully.

The contents include the damage situation of Otsuchi, the progress of reconstruction, the background of installing “The Phone of the Wind”, the origin of the idea, the background of the establishment of tThe Library of the Forest, the way of thinking of management, the essence of things is invisible and hidden. In addition, there was a storytelling of “Picture Book Kaze no Denwa” by Mikiyo Ueto of the local NP corporation Human Care Support Organization, and it was a short 90 minutes.

The lecture ended at 17:00 and the venue was moved to the AOI Hall of the Shizuoka Conservatory from 18:30, and a violin concert was held by Katsumi Matsumoto, the 1st violin player of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. The proceeds of the concert were used to support the disaster area and were donated to support the activities of “The Phone of the Wind”.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the NPO Shizuoka Volunteer Association, Katsumi Matsumoto Violin Concert Executive Committee, Shizuoka Workers Welfare Fund Association, and Life Support Center Shizuoka Division.

PS:
I was away for a week and came home on March 1st. However, when I looked at the phone box, there was no Jizo who always kindly welcomed the people who visited the phone, and only a small cushion without him remained. It seems that someone in need took it.

Jizo thinks that it is useful for someone. If possible, I wanted you to bring a cushion with you.  Don’t catch a cold, Jizo!