Hello,

Disability certificates are really only useful for tourist sites, not the train.

For a local train, no reservations are needed, you can just show up and ask for assistance.

For the Shinkansen or other reserved seating trains, you will need to book in advance. Having a translation of your disability letter can help, but not…

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I have never been but @joanp may have.

In addition to @jul suggestion of Nakano Broadway, Ikebukuro has become another popular anime spot.　

In general, all of the places have shops that are cramped and inaccessible, those that are accessible, and places in-between.

Hello,

Are you using a manual wheelchair or power wheelchair?

Yoyogi Park and Meiji Jingu are essentially next to each other and the entrances are maybe 3-min walk from each other. Takeshita Dōri is only a 1-2 min walk as well. Extremely doable in a day, more like a half-day. The top of the street from the station down on Takeshita is a…

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Looks good to go for both the plug and the voltage!

If you want to sit on the deck (the area between carriages where the door and toilet is, you can be a little looser with timing.

However, the seats in the accessible carriage are reserved, so you can’t just sit anywhere and do need to book them. (There are other carriages that are free seating and it is like the metro where you sit where it is…

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