MemberJacky
MemberI’d say you are both right!
You will be surprised at the amount of walking you need to do – sometimes the accessible route is the longer route! For example, a lot of the elevators in stations were added after the station was built, so they have been added where they can be added, not where they should be for convenience. So you may need to go…
Reply to Safe to Travel around Tokyo and Osaka Alone in A Power Wheelchair?
Hi Carlos,
I’m not sure I can speak to the getting caregivers part, but will try to answer about safety.
I’ve lived in Tokyo for over 17 years now, and while I generally need to travel with someone even on shorter excursions, I have been on my own many times and never felt unsafe.
Drunk people are the same worldwide (though I cannot remember…
Hi everyone, just made a bit longer video of my accessible diving trip in Japan.
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Reply to Shipping Luggage with Luggagent
The WhatsApp number listed is not Japanese (Japan starts with +81). Have you tried the email? [email protected]
A great update to the post from yesterday!
wheelchairtravel.org
American Airlines said its new luggage tag for wheelchairs would improve the disabled passenger experience, but there is no evidence of that.
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This is what I meant in my other comment. I am currently in Frankfurt airport (layover). Despite THREE tags on my chair it took 3 people to figure out that I needed the chair with me for my five hour layover. All the tags in the world can’t replace good coordination with ground crew and services.
(not criticizing the ground crew here. They are…
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