Author: ベルガーディア鯨山（英語版）

The 4th day of repair was also painted and the day was over. Yesterday, the acrylic board did not arrive and the completion was delayed today.

Around 11:00 in the morning, Mr. Minato, who went to Miyako to pick up the acrylic board, came and started work immediately. Cut the acrylic plate according to the size of the three sides of the phone box and fit it in. He fixed the surroundings with a crosspiece and finished in the morning.

In the afternoon, five people from Tono Magokoro Net rushed to paint the crosspieces that they had installed, and the work to improve their strength was carried out separately. However, the temperature in the afternoon of this day was getting colder, our hands and feet were cold, and our runny nose were dripping. At the time of completion, the thermometer was reading -4 degrees.

I really appreciate all the volunteers. The “The Phone of the Wind” restored under such harsh conditions. I’m sure that everyone who uses it will be able to convey that feeling. And I hope that I can recover from the grief work as soon as possible.

We also caused great concern to everyone who visited us from all over the country for the collapse of “The Phone of the Wind”, and thanks to all of you, we were able to completely recover. I would like to thank you again on this blog. Thank you very much.

For “The Phone of the Wind” repairs, all that was left was painting before the acrylic board was fitted and replacing the cracked slate on the roof.

Today, the third day of repair, I am painting the newly made door and the phone booth body.

There isn’t much wind, and I think I can manage to do it alone. First, apply sandpaper to the entire surface to remove the peeled part of the paint and smooth the front surface. However, this is a difficult task, and it is an important task that affects the finished product. The paint was applied twice to eliminate unevenness. Therefore, I think that the result will be able to answer your baldness.

Please laugh when you come next time.

In this case, we received many inquiries from people all over the country who wanted to raise funds for repairs, but thanks to the volunteers, it seems that the cost of materials will be small, so please do not worry. In addition, at Bergardia Kujirayama, we ask for the cooperation of activity support funds.

Bank: Japan Post Bank
Store No. 838
Account: 1938776 (Ordinary deposit)
Name: Itaru Sasaki, Bell Gardia KUJIRAYAMA

Repair work started at 9:00 on January 10th. Mr. Minato, the president of Minato Architecture, cuts and separates the part where the broken telephone box can be used neatly and the part where it is thrown away, and repairs the broken piece of wood to its original shape by screwing it or further scraping it.

I and Tono Magokoro Net helped by drilling holes, handing tools, and sipping a cold runny nose according to the instructions of the harbor ridge.

Later, Mr. Minato’s wife told me that when he heard the collapse of “The Phone of the Wind”, he said “I’d like to manage to start up the main unit because some people may come on the anniversary of the great earthquake on the 11th.” and he came over to see how it was like.

After the earthquake, there were many opportunities to read the poem “Rain won’t stop me” written by Kenji Miyazawa  all over the country. The poem says the importance of expressing the feeling that even though the house and property have been lost due to the earthquake, we will not lose despite adversity, and that if anyone is in trouble, we will go and lend a hand. I think it is. Mr. Minato may say, “I don’t know that,” but it may be that Kenji’s ideal way of life is natural.

We were able to set up the main body and put the roof on it in one day today. Tomorrow we will start building doors and repairing roof slate. The glass on the side will still take days, but I’d like to finish the set and use the phone, notebook, and other things around 3 o’clock tomorrow.

Yesterday, I was surprised and grateful that I received more than 50 TELs, Mails, and Faxes from all over the country saying “Is it okay?” And “I want to support reconstruction”. (I’m crying when I read the text)

People who come to “The Phone of the Wind” as needed, people who want to support reconstruction as needed, “The Phone of the Wind” with such sociality. I couldn’t leave it alone, so I temporarily placed it in the blacksmith’s workshop, but an event occurred that dispelled those concerns.

I was in the process of cleaning up the broken phone box with the members of the NPO “Tono Magokoro Net”. Mr. Minato in Yamada Town, a neighboring town where his mother was swept away by the tsunami and is still missing. I used “The Phone of the Wind” about 3 times and became familiar with my face. After receiving a sympathy call from Mr. Minato and his wife, the owner of the construction industry came and at first glance, he said, “I can repair it, I will start tomorrow.”

“This time, instead of placing the phone box body directly on the foundation, you can prevent it from rotting by turning the base and installing it on it.” Although I had given up on rebuilding with wood, it was a moment when everyone who was doing the tidying up was relieved by the powerful words.

The TV and newspaper reporters who came to the interview will come again tomorrow. Everyone’s face was fluttering.

“The Phone of the Wind” that conveys your feelings to an important person you can no longer meet. By the end of last year, we had 13,000 users, and as a basis for many of you, “The Phone of the Wind” that was there just collapsed due to the strong wind yesterday.

Certainly yesterday, a terrifyingly strong wind blew from around noon, and the daytime temperature was -3 ° C. Even so, I cleaned up at the blacksmith’s workshop, and at around 4:30 in the evening, I arranged the inside of the telephone box, turned the day, and entered the house. Until this time, I was alive. This morning, there was no telephone box in the scenery I casually saw, and it was scattered miserably.

In an instant, my thought was that I couldn’t show this brutal figure to anyone who came to “The Phone of the Wind” when I needed it. If a person with a grief in his heart sees this situation, there is a risk that the grief will become stronger rather than healed. I had to get rid of it quickly.

However, before that, I think it is polite to contact only the reporter who picked up this style of “The Phone of the Wind” early. The reporter came soon and uploaded it to the electronic newspaper of the day.

The first cause of the break is probably a strong wind (moment 26.9m / sec). Next, since the phone box was originally used outdoors by attaching a roof to an indoor object, the wooden part touching the foundation was becoming corroded. Thirdly, changes in the natural environment (such as wind movement) are estimated due to deforestation due to relocation to higher ground and construction of the Sanriku Coast Expressway.

I think that the countermeasure that can be taken from the above is to replace it with an aluminum telephone box for outdoor use, it means……umm.

As for the aluminum telephone box, we cannot answer anything about reconstruction without confirming the manufacturer, cost, etc., so please take some time.

I received a phone call from Mr. Shirasawa, Vice President Usawa of Tono Magokoro Net, saying “I will help you” to clean up as soon as possible, and decided to move the telephone box with help tomorrow. Then my home phone was ringing. Apply for coverage of TV and newspaper companies who watched the Internet. Group, individual sympathy, etc. I was informed of the magnitude of sociality! “I don’t think this will happen even if I fall down …”.

This happened yesterday and nothing can be decided for the future yet, but the only thing I can say is that some people who still need a phone will visit, so we have to secure a temporary telephone installation place, I think… I have to pay close attention to the location. There is a “Library of the Forest” nearby, but the location of frequent contact with others is not appropriate for mental care. Therefore, I decided to make the blacksmith workshop, which I had cleaned up yesterday, a temporary “The Phone of the Wind”.

I think it will be inconvenient for the time being, but I would like to see how it works.