Hello, I signed up. Nice to meet you.

[hanami]

 Let me introduce myself. I'm Korean, but I live in Japan for my job.

 In 1995, I was an elementary school student, and I have no experience since I actually used a dial phone. When I saw a candlestick phone in a drama or movie, I was attracted to something and fell in like with it.

 This summer, I bought a Candlestick phone.  through Ebay. Gradually, I wanted to buy something else. Being a beginner in the phone, I know very little. I'm not good at English. I'm writing this while reading a dictionary. I don't know if this sentence is correct. However, I hope my feelings get through to you. See you next time.

[dsk]

Welcome!
We are from all ower the world, and we helps each other.  
I have not learned more about phones any other place  

dsk

[HarrySmith]

Welcome to the forum. You have found the best site on the web. Lots of friendly, knowledgeable people here that love to help. Enjoy your hobby!

[5415551212]

Let me introduce myself. I'm Korean, but I live in Japan for my job.

 In 1995, I was an elementary school student, and I have no experience since I actually used a dial phone. When I saw a candlestick phone in a drama or movie, I was attracted to something and fell in like with it.

 This summer, I bought a Candlestick phone.  through Ebay. Gradually, I wanted to buy something else. Being a beginner in the phone, I know very little. I'm not good at English. I'm writing this while reading a dictionary. I don't know if this sentence is correct. However, I hope my feelings get through to you. See you next time.

Welcome and please do tell us more about that big pink phone on the left in the photo.
Cheers
--Stephen

[hanami]

 The pink phone in the picture is a pay phone. It was first developed in 1972, and it was produced by 2004. It is for 10-yen coins, and after a certain period of time, a signal is heard while talking on the phone.

 These payphones were often installed in cafes, restaurants, and schools and were used simply. After smartphones became popular, they virtually disappeared.

[cdilla]

Hi, I am new here myself, and was happy to see this little beauty of yours. After coming across them in several older izakaya and cafes upto and including including this year, I'm happy to say that although rare they are still there and working.  I bought one a while back and it has pride of place in my room. I use it to listen to Japanese music (dial the year to get a random song) and japanese radio stations.  The handset would make a decent kosh too, it has the heft of a girder.

[countryman]

I use it to listen to Japanese music (dial the year to get a random song) and japanese radio stations.

That is a truly amazing idea, how do you accomplish this?

[cdilla]

The coin bank is just the right size for a raspberry pi or similar.  The GPIO connectors on the Pi monitor the dial pulses and cradle switch, the audio output goes to the handset earpiece. The rest is programming.  I play a dial-tone when the handset is raised and monitor for dialing.  If 1940s number is dialed I play a random Japanese song from that era.  I have a few hundred songs scattered across the decades, and a selection of error tones/messages for invalid numbers. The radio stuff is a bit flakey as it means going online for streaming programs and they often change or are different in my native timezone (UK).  The phone is basically intact, except for the cable at the back, which I have kept, but replaced with a pink USB power supply.
I originally did this on a BT rotary phone which implemented international dial codes, so you would dial the code for France then a year to listed to french songs etc.

Keeps me busy.

[countryman]

That is so cool. The microcontroller could also sit in separate box, serving more than one phone.
I wish I could do any programming at all - analog guy here