Tokyo, Akihabara, October 2 at 16:00
In preparation for next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, barrier-free town development is required, and in Tokyo, a hotel that opens a wheelchair-friendly hotel that is easy to use for wheelchair users will be opened.
This hotel was opened on the 7th of this month in front of Akihabara Station in Tokyo. “JR East Hotel Mets Akihabara” was held for the press on the 2nd.
The law obligates the government to establish a certain percentage of rooms for wheelchair users for more than 50 accommodations, but this hotel also provides barrier-free access to 195 rooms other than those required. It corresponds to.
Specifically, the width of the doorway is 80 cm wide so that even wheelchair users can use it easily, and it can move smoothly without any steps in the room.
In this hotel, in addition to various people visiting Tokyo at next year's Tokyo Games, we expect to see an increase in the demand for guest rooms that are adapted for barrier-free due to further aging.
Deputy General Manager, Reiko Kodama, Public Relations and Brand Strategy Department of “Japan Hotel”, which operates hotels, said, “We wanted to create an environment where people with disabilities and senior citizens can travel easily. I want to work hard to improve. "
With regard to making accommodations barrier-free, Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been obliged to make all guest rooms barrier-free when the accommodation facilities in Tokyo are newly built or expanded or renovated beyond a certain scale in accordance with regulations since last month. The movement to develop guest rooms that are accessible to people with disabilities and the elderly is likely to accelerate.