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The original was posted on /r/japantravel by /u/church0fchris on 2024-02-03 04:11:35.

My wife and I want to start planning our first trip to Japan, likely for fall 2025. We want to focus on Tokyo and Kyoto, ideally a week in each with a few day trips.

She’s a manual wheelchair user- walking to a table or going up a few steps with a handrail is fine, but she can’t stand for too long or walk across a big parking lot. If there’s a step, she can stand up so I can lift her chair over. If we’re going somewhere by car with very minimal walking she’s sometimes able to leave her chair behind, but it comes with us otherwise. This might improve a little with ongoing physical therapy by the time we go, but that’s the current situation.

It seems like Japan varies a lot in terms of accessibility and we’re interested in hearing from people who have managed with a wheelchair (especially at around this level of mobility- super glad we don’t have to deal with a much heavier chair). Any good resources you would recommend? We’ve found a few accessible tours on offer, is this something you would recommend for seeing any particular areas? Are they worth paying for or can we probably manage on our own? Are people generally pretty understanding? How much time would we have to get on trains? Any areas where a folding wheelchair shouldn’t be expected to fit?

I would also love recommendations for a ryokan with private baths that would work for us! We would love as traditional a room as possible but we both have too many tattoos to hide lol.

Thank you, super excited to start planning!