the wind phone
The wind phone is an unconnected telephone set in our quiet, natural cemetery – a sanctuary where you can share words, memories, or silence with someone you’ve lost.
First created in Japan after the 2011 tsunami, the wind phone has become a symbol of love that endures beyond loss. Though the line is unconnected, every whisper, pause and breath carried on the wind becomes a message and a way to feel close again, even for a moment.
It’s not about being heard; it’s about speaking what’s in your heart.
A quiet space to speak, remember, and heal
Our Wind Phone
At Celebration Green Cemetery, our wind phone offers visitors a peaceful space to reflect, remember, and to continue their conversations with those they miss. Whether you come to speak, sit, or simply listen to the wind, you are welcome to use this space in whatever way brings you comfort.
How It Works
The phone inside isn’t wired to any network. It doesn’t make calls, instead, it opens a space for conversation between worlds, where words travel on the wind rather than through wires.
Lifting the receiver and speaking aloud can release the thoughts and emotions that often have nowhere else to go. The ritual itself, the act of saying what was left unsaid, can bring peace, clarity, and comfort.
Set among nature, the wind phone offers stillness. Here, surrounded by open air and gentle sounds, visitors often find a quiet kind of connection, not through answers but through expression.
Our Wind Phone
At Celebration Green Cemetery, our wind phone offers visitors a peaceful space to reflect, remember, and to continue their conversations with those they miss. Whether you come to speak, sit, or simply listen to the wind, you are welcome to use this space in whatever way brings you comfort.
How It Works
The phone inside isn’t wired to any network. It doesn’t make calls, instead, it opens a space for conversation between worlds, where words travel on the wind rather than through wires.
Lifting the receiver and speaking aloud can release the thoughts and emotions that often have nowhere else to go. The ritual itself, the act of saying what was left unsaid, can bring peace, clarity, and comfort.
Set among nature, the wind phone offers stillness. Here, surrounded by open air and gentle sounds, visitors often find a quiet kind of connection, not through answers but through expression.
Origin and Inspiration
The first wind phone was created by Itaru Sasaki in 2010 in Otsuchi, Japan. After Itaru lost his cousin to cancer, he placed a phone booth in his garden with an unconnected phone. He wanted a way to continue their conversations – and the phonebooth became a place where his words could travel freely into the air.
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, people who had lost loved ones began visiting Itaru’s garden, seeking the comfort of the wind phone. For many, the wind phone became a bridge between grief and hope. Since then, windphones have appeared all over the world, each one a quiet testament to love that lingers, words that heal, and the power of speaking into the wind.