• Hi guys, going to Japan on 19th!! Excited.

    I am a Right Above knee amputee and will be moving around on a prosthetic. My query is whether the Japanese culture of asking visitors to remove shoes will affect my travels a lot. Do popular tourist places /restaurants request you to remove shoes?

    And how strict are they regards to this, especially…

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    • Woohoo!  That is so exciting!

      You may want to post this in the “Discussions” tab of the group so it doesn’t get pushed down out of sight by other updates 

      • Hi Rohan, hopefully you can repost this under discussions to be able to get more visibility on your question. I am a part time wheel chair user so different from your situation. In situations where an able person would take their shoes off, I would have been asked to take mine off as well and they would have someone wipe down my wheelchair so… Read more

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        Hello, I am Rohan – Right Leg above knee amputee. How are you guys doing!! I just completed my first solo trip (just a trip back to my previous city – Mumbai). But it gave me so much confidence to take on all other challenges in life and more importantly the feeling of not being coddled. You know what I mean!!

        Would love to hear your…

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