I guess you can ask them for renting in another cities also.
I know this “training” question may seem strange for people outside Japan, but they want to be sure that you will use the materiel appropriately and will not harm yourself using it. Maybe you can ask to do the training only once in the first city you rent the hoist, I think it will…

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I use a power wheelchair and went to these restaurants in Asakusa area last year :

sushi : https://maps.app.goo.gl/RaQd8hzT2U17Ktsc9

tempura : https://maps.app.goo.gl/mvRxvwHkw2ijBtXo7

great sushi : https://maps.app.goo.gl/puxHtqMHqX4jKPfn6

I went 2 times in Japan and stayed in different hotels in Tokyo and Kyoto.

I rented a hoist using @ohayotravel services, you can contact them to rent one.

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need more contact information.

We came back from Japan 2 weeks ago with a power wheelchair and we experienced a lot trains and Shinkansen, here are some simple tips :

– if you plan several journeys with Shinkansen, prepare a document with all the departures and arrival locations and times, and just go to a Shinkansen office (we went in Tokyo Station) and give the…

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UPDATE and FINAL RESULTS : we are back from Japan, and Shinkansen booking was really much more easy than we thought. We went directly to a Shinkansen Ticket office in Tokyo Station at 9:30 AM, with the document we carefully prepared with our 4 journeys on the Shinkansen : Tokyo > Kyoto, Kyoto > Hiroshima (and back the same day), and Kyoto…

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