Bre Jo
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Go taxi
Is anyone familiar with if any of the Go taxis universal design can fit power chairs?
Josh Grisdale4 Comments
Yes, it is possible. I do it in my Invacare power wheelchair.
Some things to note:
- you will need to face sideways (ie go in side door and not turn
- that will mean they fully lift the back bench and the only remaining seat is the passenger seat
- a large number of the drivers will not be experienced with power chairs and may need some convincing…
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Wheelchair charger compatibility
Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone here might have experience with this.
I’ll be traveling to Japan soon and I use a Permobil power wheelchair (M Corpus VS) that runs on two 12V AGM batteries (24V system). My current charger is the standard Permobil charger labeled 120V / 50–60Hz / ~340W input, 24V / 10A output.
As I’m preparing for the trip, I…
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I contacted the manufacturer of my chair before going. I have a Whill C2 with a two-prong plug that I use at home in the U.S., which worked fine in the Japanese outlets. I know that’s a different setup, but I found that the manufacturer had accurate advice.
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Thank you. I called US Permobil, they were a little clueless and asked if I asked AI.
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Onsens/private baths wheelchair
Are there any accessible onsens or private baths you can reccomend? Noticed I won’t be able to access a couple of the hotels. I have booked pool areas. Some of them are just saying no wheelchair is allowed in the pool area. Others are saying there are steps to the pool area. I was really planning on going to the pool or Jacuzzi every day.
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Which city are you thinking of?
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There are many wheelchair-accessible, barrier-free onsen options across Japan.
If you could share your location and travel dates, I’d be happy to recommend some suitable places for you.
Feel free to contact me anytime at:[email protected]
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Transportation and tour guides
I have reached out to the tour operators that are listed on the Accessible Japan website and I haven’t been able to get much response. I’m looking for transportation. I am currently in the process of getting one quote that I started last night and waiting on hearing a back about that, but I also would like to know if anyone has any experience…
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Transportation services:
1) BridgeMAIT https://www.bridgemait.com/en/
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Hi Bre
Can I ask when you sent your requests to the operators? Did you use the form or go to their websites directly? We (I run Accessible Japan and tabifolk) had a server issue a few weeks ago and emails didn’t get sent. This may have been when you sent your request…
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