Member Lady Jo
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My travels with my JOY cart
So I’m here in Japan with my rented JOY cart and I can truly say that Japan is fully accessible and this is a great little runaround to explore it in. I’ve ridden it all over Tokyo, including on the metro to Shibuya and it’s so small it doesn’t even need to be folded, you can leave it on the pavement outside shops etc and it’s perfectly safe…
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Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing. Who did you rent the Joy cart from?
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Hello I’m going to Seoul in 2 weeks and having real trouble renting/borrowing a wheelchair. I’ve tried Wheelshare (https://wheelshare.kr/bbs/?act=member&subAct=login) but the website doesn’t load and I apparently need a Korean guarantor.
Seoul Danurim have not responded to my email.
Many thanks for any help!
Jo
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Update from Seoul Danurim
(I cannot believe I have to have a Korean representative/guarantor to hire a wheelchair!?!)
The Seoul Danurim Tourism Center provides wheelchair rentals during operating hours.
The operating hours of both the center and the wheelchair rental stations are from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays.
As September 27th is…
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Have you tried Korea Wheelchair Tour? They list renting wheelchairs as a service:
http://www.koreawheelchairtour.com/our-service.html
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Does anyone have experience of riding a lightweight scooter or travelling in a manual lightweight wheelchair (with non off-road wheels) over gravel? For example the paths in the Kyoto Imperial Palace: https://www.accessible-japan.com/places/japan/kyoto/kyoto/attractions/kyoto-imperial-palace/
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Kyoto Imperial Palace Accessibility Information - Accessible Japan
Wheelchair accessible toilets are available at Kyoto Imperial Palace, But gravel paths and large distances may cause difficulty for manual wheelchairs.
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My daughter managed to negotiate the gravel without much difficulty. She has Loopwheels Extreme with Schwalbe Marathon tyres (so they’re slightly wider than solid rubber). The gravel in the park is quite fine but is thick in places. I recommend you go up the street immediately to the West of the park and go in the gate nearest the palace…
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Unfortunately, it really depends on the location – some places have really thick gravel, others it is more like a dusting over hard packed dirt. Some places even have a plastic/rubber loop mat under the gravel to keep it firmer.
As Maury mentioned, it should be mostly fine. Stick to the edges and keep an eye on how thick it looks. With the…
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