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Noboru Hiroto Ikeda

Bicycle repair, done properly

  • πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
  • Old Shinjuku Trades Guild
  • 1979 to 1989
  • Japanese
I've worked in bicycle repair from 1979 to 1989. I learned from my older brother and passed what I could on to 440 apprentices. The best compliment I ever got was a customer who called me back 18 years later for another job. I never expected anything in return, but a kind word always makes my day.

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Some of my old apprentices now run their own shops. I couldn't be prouder.
What gifts mean to Noboru: I'd put gifts toward a new set of tools for the next apprentice.

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  • Emmanuel A. RiveraCustomerπŸ‡΅πŸ‡­

    everything you built for us is still standing. Greetings from Lapu-Lapu.

  • Vanessa C. Tomas πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Β· $25
  • Comfort Yewande Lawal πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Β· $5

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