The original wind phone was simple, an old phone booth in Sasaki's garden in which he placed an old rotary phone. The premise of the wind phone is that you can dial your loved ones and speak into the phone, letting the wind carry your words to them. Grand Rapids' Oak Grove Cemetery's Wind PhoneGrand Rapids' first and only wind phone was placed in Oak Grove Cemetery in Kentwood in September 2025. Oak Grove is one of the city's original cemeteries and is home to a large section that is the final resting place of hundreds of Grand Rapids' unclaimed neighbors. The wind phone was commissioned by a group called Grand Rapids Deathcare Workers.