The phone has been visited by at least 25,000 people since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, people who have come to convey their feelings to departed loved ones "through the wind." Calling it "Kaze no Denwa" (The phone of the wind), Sasaki set up the phone after the death of his cousin. Many people have left messages for their loved ones in the books. People have started to accept the deaths of their loved ones, writing things such as "Please watch over us from heaven." "The telephone is not connected, but people feel like their lost loved ones are there listening on the other end of the line," Sasaki said.

Source: The China Post August 15, 2017 11:03 UTC