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spicytuna (Offline)
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08-19-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DragonNL View Post
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.
Like Pogo mentioned, it's probably because you were a tourist. Combined with the small town attitude.

It's unfortunate that you weren't with Bobby. If that was the case, a stretched limousine with a motorbike escort would've have shown up to take you to your destination.