Often people with disabilities use phrases like “access for all” and we usually mean “access for us”. However, as I watch the accessibility landscape change over my years in Japan, I have noticed that it really does mean for all. I have been living in Japan for 8 years now Read more…
As discussed in our blog about toilets in Japan, Japan has done an incredible job of providing wheelchair accessible toilets across the country from shopping malls, to tourist destinations, to public parks. However, while you might be able to stop a person and ask where a toilet is, they may Read more…
People with hearing impairments (like the two ladies who recently one regional elections) in Japan sign to communicate, and, as you might expect, they don’t use American Sign Language (ASL)! Japanese Sign Language (JSL) is called 手話 (shu-wa, lit. “hand language”), and though people with hearing impairments have faced an Read more…
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a video is worth… well, a lot more! While doing some reviews a while ago, I decided to take a video as well as pictures. It made me think, “why didn’t I start doing this earlier?!” So, Accessible Japan has birthed Read more…