My concern for Akita is I believe they get a lot of snow which makes it difficult to navigate. Trust me, I live in Canada. Otherwise, hit their websites and Google maps to check the street conditions around the university, could be deciding factor.

Wakarimasu. I used to live in Hokota (BW-before wheelchair) and its all country roads with the occasional rice planting machine. But the people are friendly. I don’t remember an elevator at Oarai, but I wasn’t looking for them at the time at this would be around 2003-2008. No idea about Taxis except they did hang around Oarai station.

Japan has an aging society and you will see Lots of people using 3-legged stools. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were sold in the 100 yen shops, so no difficulty setting up and using. I like browsing Amazon Japan (use the postal code of any Japanese hotel for full list of items available) to get an idea what is available. I am actually…

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Do you mean Oarai the seaside town with the aquarium? It’s not really close to the flower park unless you meant the seaside park with amusement rides.

Toyoko Inn chain has heartfelt rooms with roll in showers.