To OP: Just wanted to say I love your site. Have always been interested in visiting Japan but weary of the travel in a totally foreign country. Will be using your site a lot in the future, I'm sure.

Edit: Apologies, double post. Network at work has been really bad the past couple of days.

Japan's a fantastic place, been there three times for a total of about 7mths all up. Tactiles EVERYWHERE. There's a footpath? It's gunna have directional tactiles running its length. Train stations? Yep, directional tactiles throughout. You hit the dot tactiles on the platform edge? There'll will be a door there when the train pulls up. And there's plenty of pre-recorded talking stuff (and in the major cities it'll be in English as well as Japanese). Plus, if you still have sight enough to read, the major cities have signage in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean. Oh, and disability id type cards or companion cards are usually valid regardless of the issuing country, meaning you can get in free to some places (for example mate and I got in free to Osaka Castle and the big Buddha at Nara. Might be because of his physical disability rather than my blindness though, can't quite remember).

Although, warning, for those with physical disability: be ready for stairs. Lots of stairs. And lifts that are often out of the way.

It is just a sweet place to go in general really. Do recommend.

Those tactile strips aren't common in the US? I've found them in front of stairs and curbs around here.