Shopping made easy, also for children, senior citizens, and people with disabilities (Coop Shizuoka, Chiyoda Store)

Outline

Supermarket conforming to the Heart Building Law and welfare town building ordinance.

Address: 7-4-7 Chiyoda, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka
Inquiries by phone (in Japanese): +81-54-264-1991
Website: http://www.coop-shizuoka.or.jp/use/store/chiyoda.html

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Universal Design Elements

Wide in-store passageways facilitate movement also for wheel chair users and people with strollers.
Multi-function toilet near store entrance is easy to locate and easy to use.
Specially designed shopping carts for wheel chair users make shopping easier.
Intercom system at store entrance enables people to call for assistance if desired.

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Photos of Universal Design Elements

Wide in-store customer aisles

Many products are available in small packages (half-size, quarter-size).

Shopping baskets and stamp cards for children help them to learn and have fun while shopping.

Special shopping cart for wheel chair users, available at store entrance

Multi-function toilet near store entrance, equipped with emergency call button

Baby changing table in multi-function toilet

Pedestrian walkway in parking area, with tactile ground surface indicators

Reserved parking spaces for disabled drivers and for senior drivers

"Pet parking" area for tying up pets during shopping. Allows customers to drop by the store also while walking a pet.

Intercom at store entrance allows calling for assistance.

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Inquiries

Universal Design Office, Department of Community Affairs
9-6 Otemachi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref. 420-8601 Japan
Telephone: +81 54 221 3153
FAX: +81 54 221 2827
E-mail:ud@pref.shizuoka.lg.jp