A treasured scrollSourced
The Japanese keepsake turned out to be a customs form
During the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Shizo Kanakuri received help from a local family. An account of his 1967 return says the family treasured a Japanese scroll he had left in thanks. When he inspected it, he identified it as an old customs form.
An unreadable document had become a family keepsake.
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