By Andy Barrow My name is Andy Barrow and I’m an international speaker who also happens to be a full-time wheelchair user. I’ve spent over half my life in a chair after sustaining a spinal cord injury during a rugby game in 1997 that left me paralysed from the chest Read more…
By Suzanne Kamata I first learned of Okunoshima from a Canadian friend’s Facebook post. She’d shared photos of herself surrounded by rabbits. The island just off the coast of Shikoku and only accessible by ferry, was overrun with these adorable animals. How unusual, I thought. How cute! Surprisingly, few Japanese Read more…
By Kim Almas In October 2017, our family took an 8-day/5 port Diamond Princess cruise around Japan. My husband is partially disabled, so having one place to call “home” for the week (with meals included!) while we visited places all around the country was ideal for our first time visit. Read more…
While Bmaps and WheeLog! offer great user curated accessibility information, Google Maps is by far the best way to find your way around Japan. And that is getting easier now. In a recent update, Google Maps added the option for users to select wheelchair accessible routes in select cities – Read more…
Looking for a few places to visit for a day in Kyoto? We look at the wheelchair accessibility of some famous sites in eastern Kyoto. Some are good… some are likely not worth it. One of our goals at Accessible Japan is to let you know what to expect when Read more…
Accessible Japan was recently invited to attend the press conference for the unavailing of the “Enjoy my Japan” global campaign put out by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO). Here is the official press release: Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has today inaugurated a global-scale, multilingual campaign entitled “Enjoy my Read more…