Japan
Access in Japan was quite interesting. At this train station near Fukuoka, I went up and down steps using this device that had tank type rubber treads. It worked quite well, but the operator and I were both a little nervous about using it – it was a “first time” for both of us.
![Gene going down the stairs in a stair wheelchair](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stepsv.jpeg)
![A man assisting a wheelchair user down the stairs](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/stepsh.jpeg)
![Gene going up the escalator in his wheel chair](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/esclfrnt.jpeg)
![Gene going up the escalator in his wheel chair backview](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/esclback.jpeg)
![Gene sitting by a train](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/japtrain.jpeg)
![Gene with a man rowing a boat on water](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/japboat.jpeg)
![Gene and a lady squatting beside him.](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ling.jpeg)
![A woman feeding a man food in a resturant](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/eating.jpg)
![A man in a wheelchair sitting in front of a vending machine holding a bottle](https://genosplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/vending.jpg)