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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…
Reply to 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…
Reply to Monkey Park Iwatayama
Hi Louise,
I went to the snow monkey park 5 years ago. It was late November, outside of snow season, which would have made the dirt trail leading to the park even more difficult (or impossible for me). Anyway, I left my wheelchair at the beginning of the trail (as there were about 50 to 70 steps) and took my crutches. Then there was a 2km…
Reply to Getting to Shirakawa-go in a Wheelchair
Yes, it should be alright. At least, that’s what I did. I’d recommend getting off the wheelchair and folding it as soon as you can, so that the driver doesn’t have time to get flustered or stressed out. I didn’t have any trouble with that particular trip, but I’ve had other experiences were I had to negotiate with drivers thinking that I…
Reply to Monkey Park Iwatayama
Hello
Unfortunately, it is more than a few steps…
This video is in Japanese but shows the route to the park:
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