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An unidentified donor has sent two small gold bars to the president of Ishinomaki fish market in Miyagi Prefecture to help with the rebuilding of the town's economy, which was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011.
The two gold bars, which weigh a kilogram each and are worth 10 million yen, were sent to the fish market by special delivery addressed from the "Earthquake and Tsunami Aid Association." Although no note was included in the package, it was sent from Nagano, NHK quoted officials as saying, adding that no such association exists in Nagano.
The fishing yields around the town remain at around half the amount caught before the disaster.
© Japan Today
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tokyo-star
Nice to see that there are still some good people left in the world.
nath
Is a ikg gold bar small?
borax
Sending gold bars instead of cash, or furikomi...generous, AND badass.
papigiulio
1 bar is worth an estimated 1000 万 yen. This person has donated more than 100 times my monthly salary heh. good god.
yokatta
Gold bars?? How about making an effort to withdraw cash from the bank? Anyways, a kind donation which is much needed there.
taj
Awesome!
Wasn't there a large (somehwhat tacky) gold object stolen from a museum or temple in western Japan 2 or 3 years ago,... Anyone remember such a thing?
taj
OK, so a LARGE bar is apparently 100kg. And that robbery was in 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6464389.stm
I wonder if these two small bars are possibly chips of this larger block.
At anyrate, I'm hoping the Fish Market is able to promptly cash in and use the proceeds. Well done anonymous donor!
rickyvee
sometimes it takes a story like this to reaffirm your faith in humanity. now, get out of my way as i try to grab that empty seat on the train!
Balefire
A particularly generous gesture, since the price of gold has been going up recently.
Surf O'Holic
Amazingly generous.
Spanki
Yaks
Kyle Alpert
Makes me wonder how many out here are secretly stashing gold...
Cortes Elijah
Sounds like ninja payments