From Tokyo's famous Shibuya crossing to the remotest Okinawan island, Japan's streets have one thing in common: 'tenji blocks,' yellow textured paving squares to aid people with visual impairments.

Public transport systems incorporate tactile tiles and various other facilities for inclusivity. These measures assist ...

Tactile paving, a system of textured ground surface indicators that is indispensable to visually impaired pedestrians, is composed of what are called "tenji burokku" (Braille blocks) in Japanese.