Guide for wheelchair users

The Wakakoma Independent Living Information Centre offers nook-and-cranny information about Japan for travelling wheelchair users. Transport, accommodation, places of interest and all kinds of practical ideas about the various (tourist) activities in this fascinating land: information galore at www.tesco-premium.co.jp/aj/index.htm. The site is available in English and Japanese.

Sushi anyone?

The Japanese Red Cross looked at the biggest cities in the Land of the Rising Sun through accessibility glasses. The website http://accessible.jp.org gives extensive information on tourist attractions, museums and restaurants: Tokyo, Kyoto and Kamakura served on a bed of seaweed.

Available in English and Japanese.