@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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I’m sort of answering your question sideways, but: there are services in Japan that you can pay to deliver your luggage so that you don’t have to deal with it all yourself! It’s obviously more expensive, so that’s a trade off.

There are also coin lockers at many train stations — my plan for my upcoming trip, since we’re flying in and out of…

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Just to add to these answers, you can also use this site to look up stations and see if scooters (sometimes referred to as “handle-type electric/power wheelchairs”) are allowed at that station.

https://www.ecomo-rakuraku.jp/en

@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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