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Fiiinally got to ride in one of the newer Shinkansen with 6(!) wheelchair seats!
[Image description: Interior of a Shinkansen train with six designated wheelchair spaces marked on the floor. Blue reserved seats are visible on the right.]
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Nice information
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An accessible Japan is a Japan with a brighter future. Thank you for sharing and for the good work that you do.
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The Ultimate Wheelchair Accessible Tokyo, Japan Travel Guide
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This is excellent – my soulmate and I want to go to Japan, both of us would need wheelchairs, but she was of the opinion that Tokyo wasn’t good for a wheelchair user.
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I would like to travel with my elderly Mom to Japan. She can stand and walk for very short distances but can not stand for longer than 5 minutes without her cane. And can not walk more than 1 city block. We can travel without her electric wheelchair through the airports but once we arrive to Japan are their daily wheelchair rentals available?
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Hi Everyone, hope your weekend is going well. Solo traveller hoping to go to Japan in late January.
1. I’m the process of booking wheelchair accessible hotel through APA hotel chain ( in Tokyo), as according to their website, all locations have a wheelchair friendly room. I am booking it through bookings.com as that seems like the only…
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Hello,
1 you can try to send a message via Booking.com.
3- you can go to Shibuya and hakihabara. And https://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/ if you like moovies but if i remember, it’ s a Little far Away and you have to réserve tickets early.
Have a nice trip.
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Hi.
Good evening.
Regarding #1, why don’t you try calling the APA hotel you are booking directly? The consumer center for the entire group often does not disclose the phone number.
2. I think it is probably best to take the Odakyu line from Shinjuku. There are fewer transfers. Or I recommend taking a taxi from within Tokyo. It is a taxi that…
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