I’ve recently been to Tenerife and I’m refloating this thread to add a chart with all the current accessible beaches in the island updated in 2022. The chart is in Spanish, but the icons are quite self-explanatory. The columns on the chart are: City, Beach, Parking for disabled people, Access to the beach by ramp, Accessible showers,…

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Hi Bruno,

When I was there in 2018, I remember entering temples using crutches. There were even some accessible temples that I could enter with my wheelchair. Before entering, they carefully wiped my wheels. I also saw some temples, that instead of removing your shoes, people put those plastic covers (like the ones used by doctors at…

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By the way, from the Yaen-Koen parking lot to the trail entrance, there are about a 100 meters of steep road, but if that were a problem, they can drop you at the trail entrance, near the stairs.

Hi,

I was in Jigokudani on November 2018. Here’s the small review that I did on accessibility on my Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7nK9IIewk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y

The path is mainly flat, except for the beginning and the end, where there are two long flights of stairs (I’d say 40 to 60 steps each). The flight of stairs at the end has an…

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That’s true. Assistance at JR stations is not usually as fast as in subway stations. At smaller stations you have to wait a train at most, but at bigger stations you may have to wait more. Once at Shinjuku, as I was used to smaller waiting times, I got really worried that I’d miss the connection with my Shinkansen, as I was left waiting for… Read more