[DragonNL]

This thread also made me think about the helpful side of them.

When I was (a few years ago) walking with a friend in a small Japanese town searching for the minshuku we needed to go to, a car was driving our way and stopt. A lady got out of the car and asked us where we needed to go. (I guess we looked sort of lost) She didn't know the place and was walking away. I thought; oh, she's going to leave? But instead she walked to a random house and asked a local resident. A few moments later she walked back to us and offered a ride to the minshuku. And we didn't even ask for anything! I was amazed.

Another time we needed to get money and walked to a bank. But our cards didn't work there. So we asked someone over there where our cards might work in that area. She couldn't explain it in English, so after she told a colleague something she just walked all the way with us to where we needed to go!

Never in my life I've experienced something like that..