Reply To: Mobility scooter on trains and at shrines
Thanks Josh, hello @Quest!
You can choose a reserved seat in the last row and place your wheelchair behind the seat, provided your chair’s dimensions total no more than 250 cm (height + width + length limited to 2 meters), when folded down.
Here’s the official guidance on use of mobility scooters on trains in Japan (explains if you didn’t want to fold it down for travel):
https://www.mlit.go.jp/en/sogoseisaku/barrierfree/sosei_barrierfree_fr_000000.htmlI suggest contacting one of the JR companies to inquire about this in more detail. Here’s a link to the accessibility page on the JR East site:
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/customer_support/accessibility.html#category03
They have a telephone service helpline dedicated to non-Japanese customers:
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/customer_support/infoline.htmlThere’s also this post about luggage on the shinkansen on the JRPass website – might be useful: https://click.jrpass.com/SH87
Have a great trip!
