Accessible Japan ?
After travelling two weeks in Japan in the big cities (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hirosjima) we experienced that it is indeed possible to travel with a person in a (manual) wheelchair. We had an amazing time. Trains are mostly accessible, there are lots of elevators (though sometimes you really have to search for them) and (disabled) toilets are…
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Thank you so much for that detailed report. It’s great that you had a good time. I hope that all of those problems you had will be fixed for your next visit!
Were there any restaurants that you liked in particular or ones that you could recommend that are accessible?
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Thank you for the information, Nienke! Im planning a trip to Japan and your report helps me a lot!!
Flying with e-motion wheels
Hi, is there anyone who has a suggestion how to take e-motion wheels in an airplane ? How do you wrap them so do do not get damaged ? We are afraid to take them with us on an airplane so we used to take the normal simple wheels, but that takes the independance away of the person in wheelchair..
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If you can you should get E-fix. That’s actually a motorising system for manual Wheelchair. No problem to wrap anything. Just search E-fix on YouTube and watch yourself.
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Maybe @joan has one?
I cannot speak for wrapping exactly but I have heard of people who have had challenges with their batteries because they are lithium. Be sure to contact the airport and the airline well in advance. Sometimes even if they say it’s fine, there can still be problems at check-in
Which US airlines damage the most wheelchairs? (2025 data)
John Morris just published his annual ranking of US airlines by wheelchair and scooter mishandling rates, using 2025 DOT data.
Delta is the clear standout at 0.43% (down from 0.63% the year before). The next-best carrier’s rate is almost double that. JetBlue ended up at the bottom at 1.44%, with Frontier right behind at 1.43%. The overall…
wheelchairtravel.org
Ranking: Airlines Most Likely to Damage Wheelchairs
Data from the DOT's Air Travel Consumer Report includes insights on airline wheelchair damage from the 2025 calendar year.
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Really hope they come up with rankings in other countries as well. It’s usually easy enough to know about your local domestic airlines, but when in another country it can be much harder to gauge which is good or not.
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@joshgrisdale Agree. Though we have travelled a lot by airplane and the manual wheelchair has never been damaged. But we do not fly budget airlines usually. Maybe that helps ?
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Hotel Tokyo
bonjour, je suis en fauteuil électrique, je n’ai aucune mobilité et tous mes transferts nécessitent un lève personne. je recherche un hôtel adapté a Tokyo, et donc adapté le plus possible à ma situation. merci de votre aide
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Bonjour Hugo, nous avons voyagé en Japon depuis 2 semaines. Nous avons rencontré une guide qui a expérience avec des gents handicapé. Peut-etrê elle peut aider. Envoyer un e-mail en anglais:
Bonne chance ! 😊
Great hairdresser
I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage in February 2007, which left me in a wheelchair. I haven’t had a suitable bathroom, so I haven’t been able to have my hair highlighted (which I’d had before I became a full-time wheelchair user). I wanted to have my hair highlighted and feel like I did before my stroke, so I bit the bullet, so to speak…
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Travel starts close to home by getting out the door and trying something new. Thank you for sharing!
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I have to say, Patty… you’re looking a million dollars, too!
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