lol, at when you get injured in a green adidas jump suit. I just know you were doing something weird.

"can't talk about the specifics" shows video of going into the ambulance in a squid game green tracksuit.... hmmmmmmmm

Has Emma come out yet? Or is she still being tight lipped about her personal life?

It's sad learning that Japan decided on the US "healthcare" system. "Oh, you probably broke something. Can't afford the CT scan? Well, guess we'll never know what you broke! That really is a bummer! Hopefully you get better!" I hope no other nation on the planet ever adopts that steaming pile of dog poop US system. You're sick/injured - You go to a doctor - You get help - You hopefully get better. No matter your worth. Insurance bollocks.

What kind of disabled are you? ... Leg disabled

When i visited Yeamlabs, I experienced none of the issues that you bring up.

I’m glad you are going to follow up on more advice and treatment. Your feet are so important. Good luck with everything ongoing. 😊

I would only ask permission because that way the person knows that they are being pushed. That way they dont trust themselves going down the hill thinking that someone is pushing them, that must've been scary.

As a wheelchair user you become invisible to the public due to the lower level you are on.

Compared to America a ct scan that cost 63 bucks is is like pennys. I had an ultrasound done and it was $3,600 before insurance and $150 after. That’s crazy. If I didn’t have insurance I would’ve had to pay that out of pocket.

"The CT scan was going to be expensive. Like SUPER SUPER REALLY REALLY expensive" Me, an American: Like $15k?!?! "$63."

As a full time wheelchair user, electric and self propelled. I understand all of your experiences. I wish more places were wheelchair accessible. I'm in Scotland. Local buses are accessible but between cities it's rare, but for me buses are free where as trains are costly. We're lucky to have an electric bus service that has lifts onto the bus. And I can book the space online which is amazing. I very much agree on the loneliness of being in a self propelled wheelchair and folks just not talking to you/talking behind you. In my electric I can insert myself and roll beside people. I can hold my husbands hand again in the electric too which is honestly soo nice to be able to do. People definitely often don't understand the life of being a wheelchair user without the experience. Id love to go to Japan, but because my condition is varying some days I can walk a few feet other I can't do anything. I also learnt not to always trust Google maps/ places that say they are accessible after being burnt in Glasgow. "We're accessible". Through another business, requiring a manager key to use the lift to go up two stories. Another was round the back between the bins and my electric wheelchair wouldn't have gotten up the kerb so I was lucky to have been in my self propelled knowing the possibility of it being an issue. Here it's plan and plan again for going places. Also having a backup plan always helps.

I've watched you over the years and I've never been more impressed. This vid was great. Thank you for sharing your exploration of disability/injury. I'm sure people will find it helpful traveling to Japan, but I also hope that it helps able people see how disparate their perspective is compared to someone who spends their life with mobility aids. You do great work Emma, it's very much appreciated. I hope your pain dissipates with time.

I have been so happy watching videos from Japan and seeing those yellow tactile paving tiles for white cane users. As a legally blind person, so I still have some sight, those are really useful when using a white cane. I can also confirm that not having autonomy is stressful. I like going out with friends or family and I trust them to help me around. But that's much easier when both sides are used to it and you can just chat normally and have the help on the side, as it were. I wouldn't be able to rely on strangers all the time so I don't go out otherwise. I have also experienced a person grabbing my arm without saying anything. It's awful. Luckily I had that happen only once amazingly. I was waiting for the light to turn green to cross the road and they grabbed me as people started walking. I just pulled my arm away and increased my speed to get away.

I feel so seeeeen! Thank you especially for talking about the psychological/emotional aspects, especially in regards to feeling helpless and really needing to trust people you are with when they are helping you get around. Too many people (in my experience as a wheelchair user of almost 30 years) assume and don’t ask.

Great video. I think there's always a lot more that can be done on behalf of all of us, business owners, regular pedestrians, or as friends. Thanks for educating us and sharing your experience.

That guilt is internalized ableism because society says if you’re not “disabled enough” you’re not valid.

Emma, you look so cute❤

Your makeup and whole look is super pretty 🤩 those colours are so perfect! Also it’s so great that you’ve made an accessibility video, I’m sure all the information will have helped people worried about travelling in Tokyo. I have an invisible disability and It’s so helpful having videos to check situations out, it helps you organise your thoughts and plans

Sounds like I was lucky most vkei shows were early. 🎉

Emma I feel for you, when I broke my ankle I also lived in a house which had a long flight of stairs so I know the bunny hop on butt well LOL

I was curious about where were you for some time now. You were pretty regular on my notifications and then you just vanished. Now I know.

omg, so very unwanted experience! hope u will be 100% asap :) i have always been very sensitive with disabled people, but it has grown to another level after i broke my ankle and lived "their" lives fo a while so i know how you feel now, full of new info and a little bit changed/shifted thinking towards disabled people, everything bad is good for sth. and lucky you, that u had that stamp, lol

Ok but are you Tokyo Drifting?

I’m feeling glad to living 12 square meters bedroom.I also have a house which have 30 squre meters.

very glad to hear you talk about this. My wife and I went to Japan this year and noticed some of the highs and lows of accessibility in the cities we went to. (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto)

Dude that’s a diffuser for oil.

I dream of being able to do this in the near future.

2wks before my first visit to Japan on my honeymoon, I destroyed my foot and had to have reconstruction. The knee scooter was great in airports but uselessness tokyo. Thankfully I was in a heel shoe and wore out that shoe over the 2 weeks we were there. The kindness I experienced from locals was heart warming. Thanks for sharing your story

Re: Asking before pushing: It would NEVER occur to me to not ask. Just for the simple fact that they have their fingers near the wheels. What? I'm just going to push and then go "oh sorry, I crushed your fingers", on top of everything else that is going on? And maybe I am too used to the whole "can I help you" "no I'm fine (obviously not fine) "It's no bother, it's less work for me than for you" "I !can! do it myself" "I know, but that is not the only point of helping ... yadda yadda spiel. But the thing realizing that things can go horribly wrong if you just push people when they don't expect it to me doesn't need to come from ACTUAL experience. (Although I hadn't considered the "lack of control" aspect.)

why do i feel like the injury was from competing in mr beasts show thing? her wearing the track suit immediately while injured?

Talking about the guilt aspect of having an injury, I actually had a bad experience with it when I graduated high school. I tore my meniscus in my knee (right after the last day of school) and ended up going to a camp for church. We stayed at a church retreat but only really stayed for the facilities. We would go out into the communities and volunteer all day. Because the campus we stayed on for this was full of huge hills and I was using crutches full time, it would take me forever to get places. So the camp had a little golf cart that was supposed to be for staff and anyone that needed assistance in getting places within the campus. Unfortunately, the ladies in charge of it often made me feel bad for using it and went as far as to say comments like, I can't understand why you don't just try walking on your leg. I got so frustrated I just gave up and my little sister and best friend (honestly so thankful for her and my best friend) ended up giving me so many piggy back rides so I wouldn't feel left out, or to get across the street or up the many, many steep stairs that lead to the cafeteria every day. I also felt really stupid and like I wasn't allowing myself to heal quicker and actually pushed my recovery by the end of the trip by refusing to use my crutches. It was a bad decision and I now have arthritis in that knee. Sorry, just thought that I could understand a little bit of the frustration of having to deal with leg/foot injuries. I know it's not the same. I give props to those who have to deal with stuff like that regularly.

Funny how this arrived in my suggestions. Only 2 years late. Hope all is well Emma 😊

Thank you so much for this video! I only use a walker with a seat (meant to be temporarily until I recover from an injury but looking more and more likely I might never fully recover at this point) but I have been wanting to know more about accessibility in Japan for years. Granted, I would only need to worry about elevator locations, I normally “pop” my walker up into buses or trains where I am, although I would want to find a place to “park” my walker when on transit because it isn’t safe to use as a seat while moving. I wonder how many people with walkers like mind visit Japan, because I couldn’t afford if it gets damaged in transit there or back, or during my trip, and I’ve had no luck finding any Japanese sites for renting a walker like mine or a wheelchair that can carry someone of my weight for that matter.

this was a super enlightening video - I really never thought about a lot of the etiquette you explained here, like the autonomy/don't grab a wheelchair without asking and making sure people in wheelchairs are included in conversation! Thank you and I hope you keep on healing up!

Just a bit of pain? lucky you.

Love love love your vlogs and helpful content for travel planning!!

I have a metal plate in my ankle due to skatebording as a kid

Very interesting video!

ooow sry to heat that...get well soon

Get well soon Emma. From a little Queenslander 🤗

Edit: As a person with quite high arches, insoles have been a life saver.. I still have pain in my feet, but i can walk for 4-6 hours without problems, and the pain will be gone the next day, so i really recommend people with a high arch to get some insoles <3 Most of these points, seems to me like basic respect and attention to other people around you. I don't have any disabled persons (yet) in my life, but i have interacted with wheelchairs before and i will always be mindful of the person in the wheelchair and how they are feeling, avoiding bumps in the road, taking it slow and steady to avoid accidents or bumping them into other people :) I think Denmark is quite a nice country for accessibility, most shops doesn't have curbs or stairs, in Copenhagen, most places with stairs have a ramp too, a lot of resultants will have a little fold out ramp, and we have elevates for all train stations, museums, shopping malls, everything where you might need it. All man operated trains, you'd just have to sit in the end where the chauffeur is, and they will see you and pull out the ramp and help out in and out. In the metro, you'll just roll in, in the bus the chauffeur will lower the buss for you and if needed hell have a lil ramp he can pull up from the floor. I don't think we are perfect, but i think we are one of the better countries concerning accessibility :)

Loooong waited for music scene related content... I'm a voice teacher 😊

I have always been so interested in the underground music scene in Tokyo but didn't know how to get involved.. this is a wonderful video ! very informative and the bands were all amazing. thanks so much for sharing !

Awesome! Wish I had seen this before my trip to Japan. Was on the lookout for venues and gigs... Will definitely be using these tips on my next trip!

Where is the foot clinic? *points to flight of stairs* ...oh come on

Removing fragments would probably ease pain.

6:20 "Piss-de-resistance!" Well, that's what I read.....

I broke my left ankle over a decade ago at our office carpark. Fortunately, it was covered by workcompensation, I didn't need to pay 1 cent. I was off work for 6 weeks and then continued with physio treatments for a very long time. Unfortunately, up until now, the size of my left ankle is still bigger than my right. I recently saw a pair of ankle boots, very pretty, right side fitted perfectly, but it just can't zip up on my left 😢

I have a hard time with stairs due to a knee injury, but the couple of steps to get to an elevator or escalator at some stations in Japan always made me laugh/cry. Thankfully, I'm able to go up and down stairs (very carefully), but I always feel bad for people who are even less mobile than myself. Thanks for making the video.