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You may want to try Mimaru Hotels. I have worked with them a bit for Accessible Japan and they are focused on family travel and each room has 4 beds. There are no steps in the rooms and a few of their hotels have accessible family rooms. (I stayed in a regular room once and while the toilet was a bit tight to turn into in my power wheelchair,…
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Hello Jul,
Just to clarify. While you can book tickets without reserving seats, if someone who boards at a later part of the trip does reserve the seats and/or wheelchair space you happen to be sitting in, then you have to move to another space that is open. This could be very problematic for a wheelchair user as the walkways to accessible…
Reply to take train in wheelchair
Hello Farid,
Some limited and/or express trains may require special tickets to ride that need to be pre-purchased (this also includes Shinkansen/bullet trains). I ran into this while trying to go to Saiko Iyashi-no-seto Nenba [Traditional Japanese Village] and ride the Fuji Excursion (Chou line), as the alternative non-city sightseeing buses…
Josh Grisdale posted an update in the group
9 months ago (edited)Flying with a Disability 9 months ago“Until we are able to board airplanes with our mobility devices, sitting in our mobility devices, we are at risk.”
Couldn’t agree more.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-canada-ceo-accessibility-issues-house-of-commons-1.7105767
cbc.ca
'Shocking': Air Canada CEO blasted over accessibility services at House committee | CBC News
Lawmakers took Air Canada's CEO to task on Monday over "shocking" and "scandalous" failures to accommodate passengers living with disabilities.
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Agreed! I can sit in my wheelchair for 12-hours with virtually no aches and pains. On an airplane, besides the pains of getting to my seat, I last an hour at best sitting on their chair before having to be adjusted to a slightly more comfortable position, which likewise doesn’t last long. I feel lucky that I can manage that, and I applaud…
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Josh Grisdale posted an update in the group
9 months agoCouch Travel 9 months agoWhen you couch travel, do you look at only accessible places you may visit one day? Or do you look at inaccessible places as well, as a way to go even if you can’t?
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