If you happen to be blind, Japan is your place. Everywhere, everything has considered blind people's needs, attending the principles of Universal Design: to be used by people with different needs and abilities.
Just like in the famous Wizard of Oz, in Japan there is a yellow texturized road that blind people can follow and get to their destination without getting lost or injured.
One of the most complicated aspects of living in Japan may be public transportation, since there are many lines, that go in many directions. The Subway system has ticket machines with tactile instructions and also, the popular yellow guide road.
Again, there are all kind of considerations for blind people, but I experience that there are not as many for the elder population, which consists of a larger population, since Japan's birthrate is considerably decreasing (http://www.ipss.go.jp/p-info/e/PSJ2006.pdf). There is a lack of conditions for this big and growing segment of the population.
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