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All Japan Kawasaki Friendship Tree Duet Phone

Friendship Tree Duet Phone

A rare double-receiver payphone housed in a fake tree.

Kawasaki, Japan

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Most people who live or visit Japan are familiar with the neon green NTT pay phones scattered across the country. But there are a couple of special "duet phones" that allow two people to call a third person on one line.

This unique device commemorates 100 years of Nippon Telephone & Telegraph, and sits inside a charming tree-shaped structure that looks straight out of Animal Crossing. If you want to make a call, bring a friend and some coins or a telephone card. 

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The Duet Phone is located in front of the Nakahara Ward Office.

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  • https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/kanagawa/information/detail/20220323_001.html
Friendship Tree Duet Phone
3 Chome Kosugimachi
Nakahara Ward
Kawasaki, 211-0063
Japan
35.576373, 139.655203
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