A word of caution about the use of lockers. They are brilliant but you need to read the fine print carefully. They are intended as a short term storage facility, think hours, not days. You can only open the door once, to re-close requires another payment. Also most expire at a fixed time at night.

Hi Trish. What the tour operators are saying to you is untrue. I have just come back from nearly 4 weeks in Japan pushing my 25 year old daughter in a wheelchair (I am well over 70). She can walk about 10 yards but has significant spinal problems. We started in Matsue (not recommended because of the steps up to the castle) then went to…

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@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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