The world’s shortest escalator can be found in Kawasaki, Japan, and has just 5 steps. Located in More’s Department Store, the Puchicalator’ is only 32, 8346 inches tall.
This escalator is pointless in so many ways. First, it’s just five steps (834mm) high, a mere leap to anyone with a healthy pair of legs. And lest you play the disability card on me in the comments, the escalator is followed immediately by a set of regular, manual stairs.
Also, these stairs go down, not up, pushing them even further into the realms of pointlessness. We’ll probably never find out why the folks at the Kawasaki More’s department store in Japan installed this diminutive staircase — perhaps they had some steps left over from a proper escalator.
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