Keep us posted as it will help future readers as well!

I guess it depends on your tolerance of extra people!

My personal feeling is that it won’t be as big as they expect/say as everything is behind schedule and a lot of people here are not really interested.

I think your biggest challenge will be getting a hotel as accessible rooms are already hard to get, but still should be possible.

Hmmmm getting the same message…

@cpnheather any thoughts? I know you frequently travel there.

There are definitely accessible seats, so in the worst case scenario you could book in advance at the Midori no Madoguchi booking counter found at most larger JR stations.

Great to know, thank you!

There is a special permit you can get that let’s you park in certain no-parking zones but it takes at least two weeks and you need to be a Japanese resident as the police use the disability pass you get from city hall etc

So, not really for tourists.

However, if you just want to indicate you have a reason for parking in the wheelchairs…

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