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!

Unfortunately, it’s as you say. It’s kind of contradictory, but, within the LGTBQ+ community there’s a lot of ableism and usually not much thought is given to its disabled members.

True that many of the access issues may come from the time where it was better for LGTBQ+ places to be hidden and a bit inaccessible, but in countries where the…

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Hi Carlos!

Thanks for sharing the video! I may check some of the places the next time I’m in Tokyo, as I barely explored the LGTBQ+ scene when I was in Japan and I’d really like to do so.

Anyway, as for elevators. I’d say that newer buildings usually have elevators and older ones, if they are more than 4-5 stories then they also usually do.…

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Yes, it’s as @joshgrisdale said. If taxis saw me on the wheelchair, I barely got any of them to stop (actually none I think). If I was standing next to the wheelchair with its wheels removed and the seat folded, then some taxis stopped. The ones that stopped also put it themselves on the trunk. If they see you out of the scooter, they’ll know… Read more