"This is why it doesn't work to just install a phone box anywhere in the world and call it a Wind Phone. There are certain conditions that are necessary for it to work, and these have to be created."
-Itaru Sasaki
“Behind every Wind Phone is a story carried on the wind."
-Amy Dawson
The Wind Phone in Japan
The original Wind Phone was created in Japan by Itaru Sasaki as he grieved the loss of his cousin to cancer. He purchased an old-fashioned phone booth and placed it in his garden, installing an obsolete rotary phone that was not connected to wires or any “earthly system.” There, Itaru felt a continued connection to his cousin and found comfort in speaking the words carried on the wind. He named the phone booth Kaze No Denwa (風の電話), meaning “The Wind Phone.”
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In Honor of Emily
My name is Amy Dawson, founder of My Wind Phone and the mother of three incredible children—two who walk beside me on Earth and one who dances in Heaven. My youngest daughter, Emily, passed away on April 2, 2020, after courageously fighting a prolonged illness.
This website was created in her honor. Emily was vibrant, funny, and full of life. I believe she’s in Heaven still singing, dancing, and making people laugh while answering their Wind Phone and helping each call reach the heart it was meant for.
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Wind Phones in the Arts
Wind Phones have found a meaningful place in the arts, inspiring musicians, painters, writers, podcasters, producers, and playwrights to explore themes of grief, and enduring connection. Artists have portrayed Wind Phones in paintings and sculptures as quiet symbols of reflection and remembrance, while musicians and composers have woven the idea into songs that speak to longing and love that continues beyond loss. In theater, documentaries, and literature, Wind Phones often appears as a powerful metaphor, a place where people can finally say the words left unsaid. Across these creative forms, the wind phone has become more than an object; it is an artistic symbol of how people process loss, honor those they miss, and keep emotional bonds alive through expression and storytelling.
Voices of Visitors
Alexa J.
Words cannot express my gratitude to the person who put up a wind phone in Hudson Crossing Park (NY). I’m going to bring my brother back so he too may experience a little peace after calling our mom.
Brandon W.
We found a telephone of the wind over the weekend at the Life Forest in New Hampshire; we are all still talking about it a days later.
Elizabeth G.
When I felt like I could not go on, could not tread water anymore, I found a wind phone in Maryville, Tennessee. Thank you Grandview Cemetery.
Teresa G.
I have hope after making a wind phone call. Maybe I’m not as alone as I feel. Maybe my sister is still with me. Do you think? Thank you to the person who put the wind phone up at Princeton University.