Ten school knapsacks from an anonymous donor were found in front of the entrance of a children’s welfare facility on Christmas Day Saturday in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, the prefectural government said Monday.
The facility, after consultations with the police, has decided to accept the knapsacks, apparently worth about 300,000 yen, as a donation, according to the local government, which has jurisdiction over the facility.
The knapsacks will be used by children entering elementary school next spring, it said.
It is customary in Japan for the family of a child who enters elementary school to prepare a new leather or synthetic leather knapsack for use at the school.
A worker at the facility found boxes with gift wrappings placed at the entrance around noon Saturday.
A Christmas card was attached, with a handwritten message saying, ‘‘Please use them for the children.’’ The card was in an envelope bearing the name ‘‘Naoto Date’’—the hero in the cartoon and animation series ‘‘Tiger Mask,’’ who fights as a masked pro wrestler and contributes to an orphanage as he himself was an orphan.
The facility temporarily takes custody of children and minors who are without proper care or suspected of delinquency.
The knapsacks will be used by children at another welfare facility accommodating children and minors who are without guardians or have suffered abuse.
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