Hi

I didn’t get off, I just went directly from Shinjuku to Kawaguchiko and then back the next day.

My main goal was to go to an onsen and actually didn’t go to the lake itself. I used a wheelchair taxi to get to the onsen, and then back to the station the next day (with a short stop at Oshino Hakkai).

As Tak mentioned, the local buses are likely…

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Yes Wanping can help you with this service!

One more thing, we used they wheelchair in Japan and it was totally fine.

have a wonderful trip and hopefully you get to see the cherry blossoms!

Hi! I assume you are in the US so the link I am sending is American.

This is the one I have used the last few years (I have MS, and I am partially ambulatory so I check my wheelchair in at the aircraft door).

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As Kelvin mentioned, mobility scooters are very rare here among locals (though travelers are making them a bit more common).

If you can do either, go for a wheelchair as it is much more widely understood and accepted. Until recently, scooters were much more strictly regulated on trains. It is much better now, but there are still some narrow…

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