As Harry mentioned, Japan has a much narrower definition of service dogs and your situation is likely outside of it.

The best thing would be to contact the Japan Guide Dog Association: https://www.moudouken.net/en/

They can at least point you in the right direction.

Please let us know how it goes.

Thank you for taking the time to write this! It is always good to hear the end of the story.

I’m glad the ramen experience worked out (with adaptations) and I’m sure @wilgo will be happy to hear his transportation services helped.

Great to hear! What airline did you fly?

Hi Victoria, an excellent question. It might be good to start a new discussion on the topic from the Discussions tab in the group.

I’d say you are both right!

You will be surprised at the amount of walking you need to do – sometimes the accessible route is the longer route! For example, a lot of the elevators in stations were added after the station was built, so they have been added where they can be added, not where they should be for convenience. So you may need to go…

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