Gold gifts mystify Japanese city devasted by tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan: A Japanese city devastated by the 2011 tsunami disaster remains mystified more than two weeks after receiving anonymous gifts of gold bars worth over $ 300,000.
A fish market in Ishinomaki, some 350 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, received a parcel containing gold bars weighing a total of two kilograms in early February, about a month ahead of the disaster’s second anniversary on March 11. Kunio Sunow, president of the Ishinomaki Fish Market, which was destroyed in the disaster, said he casually opened the mystery parcel addressed to him.
“I was stunned because... in there was 24-carat gold in two plates,” he said. “We don’t have to identify this person of goodwill... but we want to let them know we are grateful. If possible, I want to invite him or her to the completion of a new market” set for early 2015, he added.
More gold bars were sent to other area organizations. They were mailed from Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, in packages, which contained only the word “assistance” on the inside.