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  • Hotels in Shinjuku or Sibuya

    I am looking for hotels that offer roll in shower or accessible bathroom for a wheelchair bound person. I have been looking at some from accessible-Japan website, but I am unable to find the accessible rooms when booking

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    • (my name is Alejandra too!) Others may chime in here as well, but this is an issue not just in Japan. A hotel has accessible rooms available, but it’s not always easy to book the accessible room. My approach, if their website does not have a listing to book the specific accessible room is to contact the hotel directly (some may have an…

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    • I am currently doing the exact same thing. Hotels.com, Booking.com, Trivago and Agoda all require you book a room before you can contact the facility to verify that one of their accessible rooms is available. I am currently waiting for 3 refunds because they don’t REALLY have accessible rooms, just an accessible building. I finally booked with…

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  • Wheelchair charger compatibility

    Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone here might have experience with this. 

    I’ll be traveling to Japan soon and I use a Permobil power wheelchair (M Corpus VS) that runs on two 12V AGM batteries (24V system). My current charger is the standard Permobil charger labeled 120V / 50–60Hz / ~340W input, 24V / 10A output. 

    As I’m preparing for the trip, I…

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    • I contacted the manufacturer of my chair before going. I have a Whill C2 with a two-prong plug that I use at home in the U.S., which worked fine in the Japanese outlets. I know that’s a different setup, but I found that the manufacturer had accurate advice.

      • Thank you. I called US Permobil, they were a little clueless and asked if I asked AI.

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    • Looking for some help to assisted my fully Parapalegic Friend

      I’m not sure if there’s any help that can be done. But I have a friend who will be visiting soon with their helpers, and they need a hoist/life and a few other items. They already have their places of stay booked because it’s a large group. And they are also a wheelchair person. So the options were limited for them.

      But the issue right now…

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    • Hotel or Airbnb or any place to stay in Kyoto

      I have a trip to Kyoto planned for March 31-April 4 and the only wheelchair accessible hotel is over $500/night. Can anyone help with reasonable accomodations? I only expect to sleep there and be out and about for the days. I don’t care if it is a bit on the outskirts if there is a subway station with an elevator nearby.

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      • We stayed at Hotel Emion in Kyoto, one local train stop away from Kyoto Station. It was less than $200/night a couple weeks ago. The station has an elevator and wider gate for wheelchair exit/entry. The hotel itself was wheelchair accessible. We stayed (family of 3) in a barrier-free room. You might ask them for pictures of it and see if it…

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        • Hello.☺️

          I completely understand how you feel. However, this time of year is the busiest tourist season in Kyoto. Also, there are still relatively few wheelchair-accessible rooms in Japan. I don’t know which hotel you found, but did you find Granvia Kyoto or Prince Smart Inn Kyoto Sanjo? If you are planning to travel by public transport,…

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        • Travelling around Hokkaido

          Any recommendation for wheelchair accessible transport for airport to hotel pickup, point to point or day trips?

          • While we travelled in Hokkaido, we were able to take regular taxis from the airport – my wheel chair is foldable.

            We have hired @ohayotravel for other parts of Japan so I am tagging them here in case they can assist.

            Good luck and happy travels!

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          • I’m sure there are many accessible taxis available in Hokkaido, but I’m not sure of any specific period. However I know that two of the companies listed here, TokudAw and Welhire, can help arrange taxis in that area as well so you might want to try giving them an… Read more

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