Mystery gold presents received in tsunami-wracked Japan port

The president of the company which operates the port in the northeastern city of Ishinomaki last week received a parcel containing two slabs of gold each weighing one kilogram (2.2 pounds).

“Since it was labeled as 'miscellaneous goods,' I casually opened the box,” thinking it must be books or the like as it was heavy, said Kunio Sunow, president of the Ishinomaki Fish Market Co. Ltd.

“I was stunned because what's in there was 24k gold in two plates. One was wrapped in brown paper and the other in a page taken from a magazine — both were sitting in bubble sheets,” he told AFP by telephone on Saturday.

The parcel had been sent anonymously from Nagano city northwest of Tokyo with no message.

“Just looking at 24k gold can encourage people as it has a presence. It's great to know we haven't been forgotten,” Sunow said, adding he had not yet decided how to use the gift.

Japanese media said a nonprofit group in Ishinomaki that has been supporting its revival had also received two kilograms of gold bullion and at least one more group got more than one kilogram.

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