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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Hi there, would you say that Lake Kawaguchiko is doable for a solo wheelchair user? If one can propel themselves. Also, for your trip on the fujikyu train, did you disembark at any of the stops or chose to stay on the whole time?

Not gonna lie, if there were proper accessible capsule hotels available in Japan, I would definitely make a lot more effort to travel there more often.

It is a lovely cost effective alternative for wheelchair users who cannot always afford high end style hotels just because the bathroom has a toilet with a handrail.

A capsule hotel would need…

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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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I haven’t heard of such, but maybe try DPI Japan. https://www.dpi-japan.org/en/ or maybe Muchu https://www.npo-muchu.com/english-muchu

What length are you thinking of?