Well, perhaps not totally, but there are far more amenities for blind people in Japan than I am aware of in the USA. 54. For one thing, in the cities and larger towns, there are strips of rounded bumps on the sidewalks so that blind people can walk along and avoid straying into the streets. At intersections, the rounded bumps form a bigger square, which is a clue to stop. 55. Since Japan is set up for pedestrians and public transportation, almost every intersection in Japan has a pedestrian signal, with an accompanying whistle to signal one direction, and a bird call to signal the other, although I haven’t figured out how the blind would know which way was which. 56. To top it off I see Braille in many places, such as elevators and on ATMs. But since Japan is a “zero defect” society, in 20 years of living there I only remember seeing one blind person!
