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Joan Pahisa replied to the discussion Kamikochi / Tateyama in wheelchair in the forum Japan 7 months ago
Kamikochi / Tateyama in wheelchair
Unfortunately, I did not. Aside from Takayama and Shirakawago, I did part of the post towns of the Nakasendo road (Magome, Tsumago and Narai). If you finally go, I would love to hear about the accessibility of Tateyama and Kamikochi. The alpine road from a few pictures that I’ve seen on Google Street View looks a bit complicated with…
Josh Grisdale replied to the discussion Kamikochi / Tateyama in wheelchair in the forum Japan 7 months ago
Kamikochi / Tateyama in wheelchair
I have not been but maybe @joanp went?
The biggest challenge I think would be using the buses since I believe you would need to use highway/coach buses that have steps to get up into the seating area and would require you to put your wheelchair (folded) with the luggage.
As for the cable car, it appears to only be steps and quite steep (from…
Yess replied to the discussion Getting to Shirakawa-go in a Wheelchair in the forum Japan 7 months ago
Getting to Shirakawa-go in a Wheelchair
Thanks so much @joshgrisdale @joanp
CPN Heather replied to the discussion Miyako Public Transportation Accessibility in the forum Japan 7 months ago
Miyako Public Transportation Accessibility
Kathie,
The message I was trying to get across was just the opposite. As the saying goes, “If you fail to plan, plan to fail.” Waiting until you get there and hoping for the best in small town Japan just doesn’t work.
Louise replied to the discussion Monkey Park Iwatayama in the forum Japan 7 months ago
Thank you for your reply. If there was a bigger group of us then he would happily be carried up that number of steps but as it is only me and our 8 year old it is still probably out of the question for us. He cannot walk at all so is totally dependant on the wheel chair. Maybe one day they’ll make it accessible and we can come back!?
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