An elderly man brought a backpack containing 60 million yen in cash as an anonymous donation to the Yokosuka city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on Monday, the city government said.
According to the city, a man who appeared to be in his 70s or 80s handed the backpack to a city official around 2:15 p.m. Monday, near the mayor's office on the third floor of the city hall. The man was quoted as saying to the official, "There's a letter inside. You'll know it when you see it."
After the man left, the official checked the backpack and found 12 packs of 5 million yen each in cash, wrapped with flyers. Each pack contains five bundles of 1 million yen, wrapped with a paper band from a bank.
Also in the backpack was a letter saying: "These are my savings I started when I was a first-grader. Please use it for something. I will donate it."
The letter clearly stated his wish for anonymity, and the city will treat the money as a donation.
"I am so surprised and grateful that I don't know what to say. I would like to think carefully how the money should be used in such a social situation," Yokosuka Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji said.
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