The Aichi Ninja
This is a true story.
My friend is from Tokoname, a small city south of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture renowned for its ancient ceramics industries. My friendsā father sat the family down around him about 2 years ago, and told them he had two important things to tell them. They were expecting something dreadful, like heād been diagnosed with cancer, and that he only had a few months to live, or something like that.
Instead he told them, āWe have to move. The government is going to build a new road through here, and our home is to be demolished to make way for it.ā That was enough of a shock for them, but what he told them next completely knocked their socks off.Ā
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