Tokyo - Post Report Question and Answers
Would someone with physical disabilities have difficulties living in this city?
Side walks are all laid out with texture strips for the blind, but being in a wheel chair would prove to be difficult around the country. All the housing on compound has stairs so they are by no means very user-friendly. - Jan 2024
Yes, I think so. - Nov 2020
Yes. Yes - Mar 2019
To some extent, yes. It is crowded and the infrastructure is old in parts. - Mar 2018
It may be difficult to use public transportation. - Feb 2014
Not many. There are elevators and ramps. - Apr 2013
lots. - Jan 2011
Many; handicapped access is a new concept in Japan, so unfortunately many Japanese in wheelchairs are simply confined to their homes. It"s a shame but true. - Oct 2008
Much of the city is NOT wheelchair-friendly but many of the newer train stations are much better. Handicapped elevators are prevalent in many buildings. We had a friend visit who was in a wheelchair and needed strong people to lift him in his wheelchair down/up stairs on the subways from time to time... definitely not easy, but possible with assistance. - Jan 2008
