julie
MemberUSA Disability Certificates for Tokyo Disney Resort Discounted Passes
Hi Carlos
Can you send a link?
In general, residents of Japan with disabilities get a disability ID from the government. It acts as official ID but also allows for discounts at some places and can alert staff that you have a certified disability (and not just an injury etc).
I know many other countries (my native Canada included) don’t have…
Booking Wheelchair Seats on the Shinkansen
If you can transfer and stow your wheelchair you are likely ok, but if you need to sit in the wheelchair area and stay in your wheelchair you need to confirm since it is reserved seating and the conductor checks tickets. Tokyo to Osaka has trains every few minutes so you often can get something without much of a wait. Lines to other areas…
Booking Wheelchair Seats on the Shinkansen
Even better, I found the instructions for the wheelchair seat reservations in English!
https://smart-ex.jp/en/reservation/reserve_smart/wheelchair/
But, unfortunately, it explicitly says: “This service cannot be used with other tickets such as the Japan Rail Pass, etc.” (https://smart-ex.jp/en/reservation/reserve_smart/attention/)
Booking Wheelchair Seats on the Shinkansen
I should mention that I booked with this site/app: https://smart-ex.jp/top.php
No English.
You can book via the web, so, even if the app isn’t available you could use your phone’s browser… however, you do need to register a credit card and it must be one with second-step password verification – which may be another barrier if your card…
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