By the way, at the time, for the same price, Airbnb apartments were definitely bigger than hotel rooms (which are usually really small in Japan).

Hi Leony,

I stayed at an Airbnb in Japan for 6 months (January-June). It was in Osaka. The experience was really good. In the regular housing market I had lots of issues to find accessible accommodation (for me it’s mainly no steps) and some reluctance about my wheelchair, but fortunately my Airbnb landlord had no issues with it.

The only problem…

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Hi Josh! I did most of my hanami in Osaka, but one day I also went to Kyoto with a friend. We went to Demachiyanagi station and walked the park next to Kamogawa river, which is full of cherry trees. There were ramps from the sidewalks to the walkways next to the river. As far as I remember, these walkways are really long, so it is quite… Read more

綺麗！Thank you! Really nice photo! Now even more reason to go again : )

行きたい！My last time in the Tokyo area, I went to Kamakura and then took the sea-side train to Enoshima, which was really nice. I wanted to see Mount Fuji from the beach, but the day was not clear enough. Nevertheless, I have great memories from that day.

I think that taking the monorail to Enoshima and then the sea side train to Kamakura could…

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