Mystery man puts smiles on kids’ faces with gift of 3,000 books An anonymous Santa has already presented three schools in Hokkaido with a gift of over 3,000 books. A mysterious elderly man approached Kato Shokan, a local bookstore, and made a request to have “books that children would be happy to receive” delivered to three primary schools in Kushiro. The bookstore staff asked for the sender’s name, but the man, who appeared to be in his 80s, did not answer to that, only leaving 6 million yen in cash on the counter in payment for his generous purchase. The three schools, Akan Primary School, Nakateshibetsu Primary School, and Ninishibetsu Primary School, each received over a thousand books including dictionaries, illustrated books and novels for children. The children were beyond elated, of course. Over at Akan Primary School, the school’s library did not have sufficient space to house the unexpected volume of books, so they set up a reading corner in the school’s front hall and named it the Santa Library in honor of their real-life Santa.
Posted on: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:05:29 +0000
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