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Reply to Advice about travelling with some mobility issues in Japan
@Trish Hi Trish-san,
Wheelchairs that are pushed forward by a family member are called “carer controlled wheelchair”.
There are both electric ones (family operated) and those that are just manually pushed along, but if your sons are travelling with you, a simple manual wheelchair may be a good choice.
Multifunctional electric wheelchairs…
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Reply to Advice about travelling with some mobility issues in Japan
@Trish Hi Trish-san,
What a wonderful trip to Japan with your mother! We wish that you will be able to make it happen!
Tokyo, Mt Fuji, Kanazawa, Takayama, Tsumago, Shirakawa-go, Kyoto, Osaka… I think many of the full-time wheelchair users who gather on this site have probably visited these places.
Of course, we also travel to these…
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Reply to Disability certificate and mobility scooter
@Thinkbeauty Hi Thinkbeauty-san,
Welcome to Japan!! Hope you enjoy the EXPO!
Regarding mobility scooters,
> Shinkansen trains:
This site is a good reference for mobility scooter rides on Japan’s main Shinkansen trains.
https://www.accessible-japan.com/mobility-scooters-japan/
This article covers the Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka area.
“The…
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Reply to The entering permission by car to kamikochi
@ihsan6226 Oh! You have a friend in Japan you can ask to call. That is reassuring!
You may already know this, but this article is very easy to understand (in Japanese language).
Alternatively, chartering one big car might be a…
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Reply to The entering permission by car to kamikochi
@ihsan6226 Hi Silvia-san,
Kamikochi is very nice! It’s my favourite place too.
I didn’t know either, so I called the road management office to ask about it. They said that only the Matsumoto police station accepts applications, even if one is coming from the Takayama.
Also, they said that it depends on the situation whether you can get…
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