@JoanP  thankyou so much for all the infomation and help. It looks like Takayama is certainly worth the difficulty getting there since it is a bit further out.

@joanp was the train from Nagoya to Takayama a reserved seating train (ie would need to book the accessible seat in advance), or just a regular train?

@joanp , you went to Shirakawa-go, right?  How was wheelchair accessin that area?

Hello,

I have been to Dejima and it was pretty good for accessibility (considering it is a historical site).  One of the buildings (captain’s room) even has an elevator in it so you can get to the second floor.  Other buildings have separate entrances/ramps.  It has been a few years, so my memory is a bit foggy, but I remember feeling I was… Read more

Hello,

Unfortunately, it is rather un-standardized here for foreign visitors.  If you are living in Japan, you get a special ID and when getting special discounts you must show the ID.

For visitors from other countries, they obviously do not have a Japanese disability (or like in your case, no ID at all).  So, it is often left to the… Read more