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8 months agoRiding the Rails 8 months agoInnovations that help with safety, whether you live with a disability or not, don’t necessarily have to cost as much as we may expect. Reading this article was an interesting peek into the function and safety designs that allow Japan’s train to run the way they do!
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QR codes cut costs of subway safety doors | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Railways across Japan are installing doors on platform edges to keep their passengers safe, but costs are getting in the way. Now, officials with the Tokyo government have found a way to make things radically cheaper.
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That is really cool. Not only people with visual impairments, but for myself as well feel much safer. It would take just one person looking at their smartphone bumping into my joystick to push me on the tracks…
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Reply to First time to Japan - but now disabled
Hello Kelvin,
Tabifolk’s sibling site, Accessible Japan, can suggest some companies. However, most have stopped renting scooters (specifically) since they cannot be used at every station.
Here is the rental form if you haven’t been there already:
https://www.accessible-japan.com/renting-wheelchairs-hoists-japan/
I hope that helps,
-JustinAll the time.
I don’t usually bottom out, but because it is so heavy it is even hard to pop a wheelie. I often tell people that a single step can be the same to me as a wall.
Sometimes, if I know it will be useful, I’ll take a small portable ramp. But even though it is portable, it isn’t always practical to carry it all the time…
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Accessible Japan posted an update in the group
8 months agoJapan 8 months agoDid you know that Japan has some great places to go scuba diving? Did you know there is a place in Amami Oshima that focuses on accessible marine activities?
Zerogravity is an award-winning marine sports and accommodation facility with a focus on accessibility, offering accessible scuba diving and other marine activities…
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Zerogravity - Accessible Japan
Zerogravity is a marine sports and accommodation facility with a focus on accessibility, offering accessible scuba diving and other marine activities and tours.
Reply to Mt Fuji from Fujikawaguchiko
The city buses should all be accessible, sightseeing buses often are not (although the Red-Line, Green-Line, and Blue-Line buses are called sightseeing buses, they are also regular accessible city buses). If you don’t have an issue riding in accessible buses where you’re from, you probably won’t have issues here (personally, the rides around…
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