The Japanese countryside is a place where the people are so nice, it's well, ridiculous. Actions that wouldn't even register in my mind as "thankable" are commonly thanked for here.
"Thank you for having my husband over for drinks the other day," said my neighbor, referring to how we spontaneously invited him over for a beer while he was walking past our house. But people in Japan thank you for the smallest things and soon, it sounds like you've done all these people grand favors.
Sometimes I feel like if I stood outside in front of my house all day, someone would come up to me and say, "Amy, thank you so much for standing outside your house like that all day." There are no limits on the praise these people give.