World's Shortest Escalator in Kawasaki Japan at a Modest Rise of 32.8 Inches (83.4cm)

Climbing a staircase can be tiring (in actual fact it is one of good exercises) especially if you are at the shopping mall. Hence they have escalator to make people's lives easier. Under normal circumstances, escalator connects two floors which have substantive distance between them. In other word, you don't need escalator if distance between two floors are very close.

Definition of Escalator

escalator
ˈɛskəleɪtə/
noun
noun: escalator; plural noun: escalators

a moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building.

But in one of department stores in Kawasaki, Japan, It seems that they have a little bit different perspective when it comes to escalator. In the basement of More's Department Store in Kawasaki, Japan, there is the world's shortest escalator. 

It is a 5 steps escalator with a modest rise of 32.8 inches equivalent to only 83.4cm. Guinnesss Book of Records recognises it as the shortes escalator in the world.

The lesson: You don't need to spend thousands to break the world's record. 

World's Shortest Escalator, Kawasaki, Japan
Image Credit: Tokyo Escalator

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Where is the world's shortest escalator?
It is in Kawasaki, Japan.