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Takayama Old
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Takayama
city is famous for its accessibility and hospitality. People are very
friendly to overseas, disabled and elderly tourists. Accessibility
of the facilities are not perfect, but the town is full of their
hospitality. The tourist area in the old town is easy to walk on
wheelchairs. Many wheelchair accessible toilets and
benches for the elderly. Hot springs in most hotels. Take a
wheelchair accessible mini bus to move around the town. http://www.hida.jp
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Jinya
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Japanese
Middle age Edo period city office, court, police, government
office. It is old building, but wheelchair can enter inside with
Takayama city accessible tourism great effort. The workers put a ramp at
entrance and allow us to enter on wheelchair. Many small wooden ramp in the building. Enjoy morning
market in front of Jinya too.
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Hida
Folk Village |
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An
open-air museum. There are old houses there. The streets are
hilly, but wheelchair users can go around the museum. The local buses
are not lower floor. But some wheelchair accessible mini buses (Sarubobo
Bus) also run in this area. We
can feel the traditional culture and life style.
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Shirakawa
Go |
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An old village in deep mountains. UNESCO World Heritage Site. There
are Traditional Japanese mountain houses. Many steps in those old
houses. But in the folk museum, wheelchair users can enter some
houses. We can also enjoy seeing houses from the outside. Buses or
hired taxis are only public transportation. Public wheelchair
accessible toilets are available in the tourist area.
http://www.shirakawa-go.org/english/index.html |
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Gokayama
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Another
Japanese old village, which
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site just
like Shirakawa village. Goklayama is smaller than Shirakawa, and
not so many tourists come. However, the village is very quiet and
calm. Some areas are hilly, but wheelchair users can walk on the
main road. Driving a car is the only option to enter Gokayama
area.
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Shin-Hodaka Ropeway |
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The East of Takayama is a high mountain area. Many famous mountains.
Shin-Hodaka ropeways are wheelchair friendly. There are ramps,
lifts, and chair lifts. So wheelchair users can visit snowy
mountains by the ropeway. The viewing platform is also wheelchair
accessible. There is a hot spring in the area.
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Hirayu
water fall |
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A big waterfall between Matsumoto and Takayama. The trail is
wheelchair accessible, but so hilly. Wheelchair users need big
push.
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Gujo
Hachiman town |
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Small
town in mountain located on the way between Nagoya and Takayama.
90 min drive to south from Takayama. The castle is not wheelchair accessible, but it is possible
to access nearby. Quiet small old town. Famous for local industry
making plastic food models.
http://www.gujohachiman.com/kanko/index_e.html
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