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accessible info : Odakyu
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area hot spring inn
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Hot
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Hakone
is a popular
Onsen (hot spring) area near Tokyo, but not popular with wheelchair users.
Hakone Onsen are not wheelchair friendly and does not have good accessibility because
they are located on hills and old
buildings. It is not easy to enter Hakone Onsen if you cannot
walk. But some Onsen are very friendly to wheelchair users in other
area. Public transportation (railway, cable car, rope way,
ship) is now becoming wheelchair friendly. |
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Owakudani
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Active volcanic
valley with sulfurous fumes. Hot springs rise.
Black boiled eggs are famous food. But visitors have to go down
stairs to buy the eggs. Visitors also have to go down stairs to
watch a nice view of Mt. Fuji.
Many paths have no step, enough space for wheelchair access. Ropeway is
fully wheelchair accessible now.
http://www.hakoneropeway.co.jp |
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Hakone
open-air museum |
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This
is very
nice
museum located on a hill. It is possible to enjoy going around the
museum on wheelchair. Over 100 pieces of modern and contemporary masterpieces
are displayed, such as the Picasso collection and the Henry Moore collection. The train
station " Chokoku no Mori " is not wheelchair accessible.
So go to Gora Stattion and walk down the hilly road..
http://www.hakone-oam.or.jp
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Hakone
Sekisho |
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In
the Edo period (1600-1868), the government placed many check points on major roads
throughout Japan. Hakone was the most important one.
It was restored perfectly in
2007. The roads have no step, but wheelchair users cannot enter
the wooden buildings because there was no building for wheelchairs
in the Edo period.
http://www.hakonesekisyo.jp
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Lake
Ashinoko |
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No
problem to use a tour boat on wheelchair. No step at port and access ramps to
ships.
40min ride. Great view of Mt. Fuji from the deck. Two companies operate
the tour ships. 10-15 min walk to Hakone Shrine from
Motohakone Port. Many
stairs in front of the main shrine, but car access road to the main
temple. There is a wheelchair accessible route.
http://www.hakone-kankosen.co.jp |
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Odawara
Castle |
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Only
stairs inside the castle, but wheelchair users can reach the castle.
The castle park is wheelchair friendly. It is also famous for cherry
blossom in spring. Easy access by JR and Odakyu railway which stations
are both wheelchair accessible.
http://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/kanko/odawaracastle/
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Hakone
