Hi Nad,

It’s as Josh said. I’m just adding that the last time that I went to Tokyo Skytree we were able to get the disability discount with our countries cards. In other places, though, they only accepted Japanese disability cards.

Hi Nad,I was in Himeji in 2018, but only visited the castle. The inside of the castle is not wheelchair accessible, as there are many flights of stairs. The outside is partially accessible (you can see the accessible route in the map shared by @ohayotravel), although some of the slopes are a bit steep. As for other places in Himeji,… Read more

In Spain some accessible toilets in public buildings or restaurants have keys to get in, but it’s a regular key that you have to ask the staff for. I don’t like the solution either as sometimes you don’t find the person in charge or sometimes they don’t find the key as they never use it. Sometimes, you may also find that the toilet has been…

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About the Japanese Alps, depending on the area that you want to visit, you can go by train to either Takayama or Nakatsugawa. From then on it’s either bus (if you can climb the stairs and stow the wheelchair in the trunk) or taxi, car or any other kind of transportation.

Takayama is quite cool because Takayama Jinya is one of the only… Read more

Probably not the best app, but I always used Google Maps when in Japan. I checked the train or subway option and then, once you see the recommended route that you prefer, if you press on top of the train lines’ names, you can see the schedule for previous and next trains. Next time, I’ll also try the ones suggested in this post. Thanks for sharing!