By Justin Schroth The Japanese Tourism Agency (part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) recently produced a video to promote awareness of accessibility at restaurants in Japan. In the video Josh Grisdale who runs Accessible Japan, sits with Patrick Anderson, noted as being the world’s best wheelchair Read more…
As Japan prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, accessibility has been on the minds of many. One city to put thoughts into action is Kawasaki, a city under 30 minutes from Haneda Airport by train. This year, Jp-Inbound.LLC published an English Tourist Map of the Kawasaki Daishi area Read more…
To celebrate the 500 day milestone until the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) is hosting two special events as part of a campaign running from 1 ~ 13 April, in conjunction with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Read more…
Accessible Japan is proud to announce that we were selected to provide a committee member to sit on the Universal Tourism Promotion Committee by the Japan Tourism Agency (part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism). The committee was made up of professors, Paralympians, and members of the Read more…
This past Monday, Accessible Japan was invited to attend a media trip arranged by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) with support from the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The theme of the half-day tour was Tokyo, Old and New, and we toured the city with Read more…
By Accessible Japan reader, M. G. What is real, and what is not? You can engage in eternal debates concerning that question, but you yourself know best what is real to you, and what is not. This seems to be what the protagonists of Takehiko Inoue’s manga REAL discover. Their Read more…