Telephone
booth of Otsuko-cho city (source: thestraitstimes)
The loss of
loved ones is very hard. Sadness will approach when loved ones leave life.
Ordinary people together suddenly leave forever.
It's not
easy to get through the days of sorrow. Even sometimes some people choose to
die so they can be with loved ones. A city in Japan has a unique way to let go
of the longing of people who have been abandoned by their loved ones.
Believe it
or not, this city claims they have a place to communicate with dead people.
Besides
being famous for its beautiful port city, the city of Otsuka-cho is now a city
visited by people who are longing for their deceased families.
The
Otsuko-cho City has a telephone booth that is claimed to be able to call people
who have died, such as Liputan6.com, from The Straits Times, Friday
(6/28/2019).
Telephone
Booth to Call the Dead
Telephone
booth of Otsuko-cho city (source: thestraitstimes)
A telephone
booth in Otsuka-cho, Iwate Prefecture, Japan suddenly became popular. Its
popularity is not because it is used as a place to take pictures but its
function to call the dead. Although the creepy telephone booths on the hill are
visited by people from various regions every day.
There were
around 10,000 people coming there to use the old school telephone booth. The
person who built the telephone booth himself was a man named Sasaki. This
telephone booth is called wind telephone because this telephone line can only
send its voice through the wind. This telephone booth provides a black swivel
telephone in the pavilion, which modern people have forgotten.
Sasaki built
the telephone booth in 2010 when he lost his cousin. He built the telephone
booth to calm his pain over the departure of his cousin.
Initially,
the voting booth was only used by Sasaki. However, since the massive earthquake
in Japan on March 11, 2011, he opened the telephone booth to the public. He
hopes, at least those who feel hurt can calm themselves through the telephone
booth.
Until now
these telephone booths are still widely used by people to chat with people who
have died. For example, a grandchild who is conversing with his grandfather,
etc. "No matter how bad the reality is, hope is the meaning of life, they
will always be there," Sasaki said.
Source:
Afifah
Cinthia Pasha
Liputan6.com
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