Originally Posted by
RollingRickie
Thanks for the response LapLap. My concern with this suggestion would be sitting on the edge of the bath. I don't know if it is wide enough to sit on safely, it is hard to tell in the pictures. I need to be sure that the bath edge is high enough as well. It should be around as high as the toilet with the toilet cover on. I'm sure someone could tell me if they are wide enough to sit on safely.
Anyways, I talked to my parents about rates to get an idea. We wanted to look for 2 person rooms with rates from ¥10,000 - ¥15,000. With that in mind I did some more googling and found this
http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/00233/index.html and this
http://www.toyoko-inn.com/e_hotel/00233/index.html.
which led me to this:
http://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/info/bfree.html.
So this hotel chain seems like a good fit for me. Does Tokyo or Japan in general have accessible room standards like the what is illustrated in the link above? It would be helpful if that is all I needed to verify for any hotel in my planning.
Keep in mind that Toyoko Inn is a cheap business hotel chain. Rooms are like cubbyholes, like 10~15m2. Basically the bed is the room. The unit bath/toilet room is probably like 1.5m2, not to mention the height difference you'll need to negotiate in getting into and out of the room as mentioned by others. I can't see it being very conducive to a disabled person needing assist device. On the other hand, it seems like Toyoko Inn has special rooms for guests with disability called Heartful Rooms.
http://www.toyoko-inn.com/info/heartful.html
If you're on a tight budget, though, consider sacrificing the location a little bit to stay in a decent hotel with larger rooms and spacious bathrooms. Hotel Richmond in Musashi Kosugi, for instance, has nearly 30m2 rooms with spacious bathrooms for not much more than some of the mediocre business hotels in Tokyo. You may have to look into staying somewhere ~30min away from Kyoto.