I was abashed to receive gifts, because when I guide people around Kyōto or Ōsaka, I pay my own way, and I like to help people unconditionally.
Incidentally, Happy Tanabata, Japan's Star Festival on 7/7. Especially children write wishes on strips of washi (Japanese paper), then attach them to sprigs of bamboo.
For Tanabata I once wrote a simple bilingual haiku, published in the Shikoku regional newspaper (四国新聞), 5-7-5 syllables in Japanese:
七夕や 望を乗せる 笹の舟
Tanabata ya nozomi o noseru sasa no fune
