宮城県石巻市魚市場收到匿名者贈金

Last month the NHK News on-line reported the following:

津波の被害を受けた宮城県石巻市の魚市場に、金額にして１０００万円相当に上る金の延べ棒２本が届けられました。魚市場では、送り主に心当たりがないことから、寄付として復興に役立てることにしています。

金の延べ棒が届けられたのは、津波で漁港や周辺施設に大きな被害を受けた石巻市の「石巻魚市場」です。魚市場によりますと、今月８日、須能邦雄社長宛てに宅配便が届き、中に金の延べ棒２本が入っていたということです。
専門の業者に見せたところ、延べ棒は純金で、重さは１本当たり１キロあり、２本合わせて金額はおよそ１０００万円相当に上るということです。一方、送り主の欄には「地震津波支援協力会」と書かれ、長野市から発送されたということですが、手紙などは入ってなく、魚市場にも心当たりはないということです。
石巻市では、魚介類の水揚げ量が今も震災前の半分ほどにとどまっていて、魚市場は、寄付として感謝するとともに復興に役立つ使いみちを考えています。
須能社長は「復興まではまだ長い道のりですが、頑張ってほしいという後押しを受けたと感じています」と話しています。

(試譯文)

Two gold bars that had a worth up to 10 million yen were sent to the fish market in Ishinomaki city in Miyagi that had suffered from the tsunami damage; since the sender did not indicate the idea on how to use the money, it would be used to help the recovery of the fish market.

The golden bars were sent to the "Ishinomaki fish market" in Ishinomaki that had suffered serious damages from the tsunami at the fishing port and at the surrounding institutions. According to the fish market it was said that on the 8th of this month (February) a parcel was delivered to the home of President Shunou Kuniwa, and two golden metal bars were found inside.

When they were shown to a trading specialist, it was said that the metal bars were in pure gold, the weight was 1 kg each, and together their money worth would be up to about 10 million yen. At the sender's column of the delivery document it was written that "seismic wave support cooperative association", and it was shipped from Nagano. No letter was attached and the fish market had no clear idea on what to do either.

At the Ishinomaki fish market, the amount of fish and shellfishes landed still remained at half the amount before the earthquake disaster. While appreciating the delivery, it was considered as a contribution to be used for the recovery of the market.

President Shunou Kuniwa was saying that "Although the road of recovery is still very long, there is a feeling that it is a back up to you and it wants you to do the best".

It is a heart warming story. Some local people are still trying to help the fishermen to recover from the damages caused by the tsunami that happened almost two years ago.