Tokyo is asking. Tell them what you need.

Tokyo is surveying travelers with disabilities on what they need from an accessible tour. Five minutes can help shape accessible travel in Tokyo.

Last summer I joined a test run of the Tokyo Volunteer Guides’ accessible tour at the Imperial Palace. I’ve lived in Tokyo for over 18 years and figured I knew the route well enough - but I still picked up things I’d never heard before, like the history of the moats, and I appreciated how much advance work the guides had put into finding the most accessible path through the palace grounds. Full write-up here: Testing Tokyo’s Accessible Tour at the Imperial Palace.

It was a great tour. It’s also great to see Tokyo being proactive and actively asking travelers with disabilities what they want before building the program out further.

Which is where I’d like to ask a favor. The team behind the tour has put together a short survey, and I’d really appreciate it if you’d fill it out. Your answers feed directly into improvements to Tokyo’s accessible tours page. They also help make the case that accessible travel is a meaningful audience that has to be part of how the city plans tourism — which is what shapes future tours and programs.

You don’t need to have been to Tokyo to take this. The survey asks about your accessibility needs, what information you’d want before booking a tour, and what you think of the current accessible tour page - questions you can answer whether Tokyo is somewhere you’ve already visited or somewhere you’re still thinking about. Every answer helps.

Thanks!

— Josh