mobility scooter use in Japan
mobility scooter use in Japan
Hi, I am going to travel with my mom to Japan with her mobility scooter. I saw that there are gardens of temples that are accessible with a wheel chair and therefore I guess also for a mobility scooter, but the visit inside is by foot. It is possible for her to walk for 30 min. I wonder if there are places to store the mobility scooter at the entrance? for example I was looking at the Kinkaku
Ji temple and Ryōan-ji
temple at Tokyo, it seems that part of the way to the site is accessible by mobility scooter. Thanks!- 3 Replies
Thanks for interesting post.
I found answers on web.
It is able to park at same place of bike parking .
It is better to check bike parking area near your destination.
Have a nice trip
Hi Li-san,
It is wonderful that you are traveling with your mother! We hope you enjoy the Japanese gardens.
Whether or not your mother’s mobility scooter can be parked at the temples…this was a question I had never experienced before, so I called the temples and asked them.
Kinkakuji said it would be best to park in the motorcycle parking lot at the entrance as Pao-san said, since the roads inside are gravel.
Ryoanji’s answer was that there is a place to park wheelchairs and other vehicles at the entrance to the garden, and it would be a good idea to talk to the security guard there.
However, you should lock your mobility scooter just in case, since it is “parked” rather than “stored”.
By the way, can your mother’s mobility scooter be folded up and put in the trunk of a car?
If so, I suppose you could put it in the trunk of a taxi and take it to the temples.
It is quite a hurdle to get on a local train or bus in Japan with a mobility scooter.
For more information on mobility scooter transportation in Japan, I recommend that you refer to the Accessible Japan website.
https://www.accessible-japan.com/mobility-scooters-japan/
We hope this will be helpful to you.
Hello Li, I think the others got your answer down. I wanted to make a quick mention the temples you speak about are in Kyoto and not Tokyo. I just want to make sure you don’t end up accidentally in the wrong city looking for them! I hope you have a lovely time in Japan.
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