Wheelchair users & world's best public transport. What does it look like?
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2024
- Ever wondered how it is to travel by public transport in Japan when in a wheelchair?
Here's my experience. Basically approach the ticket gate officer at the station to let the station team know about you and your final destination and they will ring that station and any other if you need to change trains.
The only downside is when you want to travel on long distance trains (outside of eg. Tokyo). You have to visit any JR ticket office (Midori-no-madoguchi) and it can take up to 30 minutes to make a reservation.
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This is awesome! Thanks for your video. My sister has cerebral palsy and she is wheelchair-bound. I’m planning to take her to Japan. This video is really helpful.
That is fantastic how they went out of their way to help you. I was in Osaka station 2 years ago with my son and was totally lost . Asked one of the staff with my bad Japanese and they walked with us for 5 min and pointed us in right direction. Just love the JR staff . Happy Travels.
Japanese public transport is just perfect. I used it on a daily basis for two weeks and everything from staff to the lifts - worked perfectly.
what do you mean out of their way? isnt it standard for Transport companys to offer assistence to disabled people? thats atleast smth they do in germany
@@HugostarGames @HugostarGames @HugostarGames Well, I think he's referring to the first assistant in the video. Not only did he provide assistance, but he went well beyond and explained everything, including signage on the station. Tokyo's railway is overwhelming for every foreigner in Japan.
Very informative video for oku. From Malaysia.
Japanaese transportation is the best! In both service and technology, it's outstanding how well it is compared to other places.
Wow! I am very impressed with the service.
I was under the (false) impression that Japanese people are ashamed of people with disabilities, and I had heard of various mistreatment of Japanese people with disabilities online. So I was pleasantly surprised by your video.
ever since I came back from Japan, nothing compares to their service.
I wonder how that works outside the big city. Having lived in Saga, just traveling down for 20min means the station isnt more than a concrete platform.
Travelled by train to Yokosuka and Fujikawaguchiko. The experience was very similar. The only issue was when I travelled to Kawaguchiko. The seat assigned as for PWD had a rigid armrest - extremely difficult to transfer on the seat.
To Yokosuka I didn't request any assistance and luckily the gap between the train and station platform is narrow there - although Maborikaigan Station has no wheelchair accessible toilet.
日本は車椅子の使用者の人々には完璧な国ではないと思いますが 皆さんが日本旅行を楽しんで欲しいです‼️
@@manami7659 日本での車椅子利用者の生活の質についてはあまり知りません。しかし、公共交通機関は間違いなく最高です！とても楽しかったので、また訪れてみたいです。
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ぜひ また日本に来て下さい‼️