{"id":4832,"date":"2015-10-12T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/?p=4832"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:45:30","slug":"worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides being the land of the rising sun, Japan is also land of many cool and unique things. Decorative manhole covers, high tech toilets, funky gameshows, camera stores as big as shopping malls and awesome vending machines just to name a few. We have seen some of these cool stuffs during our Kyoto Trip back in 2013<\/a> so we were wondering what other things that we can explore this time.<\/p>\n

It was then that we saw one \u201cattraction\u201d that has received the recognition of Guinness World Book of Record. So right after our fun time with Doraemon at Fujiko F Fujio Museum<\/a>, we made our way to a different side of Kawasaki. To be exact, More\u2019s Department Store in Kawasaki.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9549\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Introducing the World\u2019s Shortest Escalator!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DSC05071\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, only in Japan you would find an escalator this short.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9556\"<\/a><\/p>\n

How short you might ask? 5 steps equivalent to 83.4cm. Yes, it\u2019s that short.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9554\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Why do they have this escalator at the first place? I can\u2019t really tell.<\/p>\n

\"DSC05075\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Simply because it has no real functions. It is not a \u201ctourist attraction\u201d nor it is something that can help people that are physically challenged. \u00c2\u00a0As a start, it is downwards (instead of the more challenging task of climbing up).<\/p>\n

Then right after the cute escalator, is another set of stairs meaning that those who have difficulties will still have to go down some stairs. Maybe it will help a bit, maybe every little saving of energy counts in Japan. Maybe.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"IMG_9553\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Whatever it is, we had fun with this world record holder. Acting like kids in between many locals, we went up and down at least 10 times. Just for the fun of it.\u00c2\u00a0 #MudahTerhibur<\/p>\n

Some smiled, some stared but no one seems to be bothered of our little adventure \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It may not be a famous tourist icon of Tokyo but we are happy to witness first hand a real world record holder in action.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DSC05072\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Besides being the land of the rising sun, Japan is also land of many cool and unique things. Decorative manhole covers, high tech toilets, funky gameshows, camera stores as big as shopping malls and awesome vending machines just to name a few. We have seen some of these cool stuffs during our Kyoto Trip back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,3],"tags":[2418,2417,2416],"class_list":["post-4832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-world","category-featured-articles","category-travel","tag-japan-record-escalator","tag-kawasaki-escalator","tag-worlds-shortest-escalator"],"yoast_head":"\nWorld's Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015 - AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World's Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015 - AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Besides being the land of the rising sun, Japan is also land of many cool and unique things. Decorative manhole covers, high tech toilets, funky gameshows, camera stores as big as shopping malls and awesome vending machines just to name a few. We have seen some of these cool stuffs during our Kyoto Trip back […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/azuanzahdi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/azuanzahdi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-12T10:05:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-12T11:45:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"954\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"537\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Azuan Zahdi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@azuanzahdi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@azuanzahdi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Azuan Zahdi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Azuan Zahdi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0\"},\"headline\":\"World’s Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-12T10:05:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-12T11:45:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"japan record escalator\",\"kawasaki escalator\",\"worlds shortest escalator\"],\"articleSection\":[\":: All Posts ::\",\"Featured Articles\",\"TRAVEL\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\",\"name\":\"World's Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015 - AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-12T10:05:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-12T11:45:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg\",\"width\":954,\"height\":537},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World’s Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/\",\"name\":\"AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger\",\"description\":\"Aviation & Travel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0\",\"name\":\"Azuan Zahdi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/AzuanZahdi-02.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/AzuanZahdi-02.png\",\"width\":6250,\"height\":2567,\"caption\":\"Azuan Zahdi\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Malaysia's first aviation blogger. AzuanZahdi.com started in 2006 and has been my little online space where I document my travel and aviation stories. Opinions on AzuanZahdi.com are my own and not the views of any organizations I am attached or affiliated to.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/azuanzahdi\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/azuanzahdi\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzTyB3xwRom5TtZv6YGAsPg\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World's Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015 - AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World's Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015 - AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger","og_description":"Besides being the land of the rising sun, Japan is also land of many cool and unique things. Decorative manhole covers, high tech toilets, funky gameshows, camera stores as big as shopping malls and awesome vending machines just to name a few. We have seen some of these cool stuffs during our Kyoto Trip back […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/","og_site_name":"AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/azuanzahdi","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/azuanzahdi","article_published_time":"2015-10-12T10:05:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-12T11:45:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":954,"height":537,"url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Azuan Zahdi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@azuanzahdi","twitter_site":"@azuanzahdi","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Azuan Zahdi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/"},"author":{"name":"Azuan Zahdi","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0"},"headline":"World’s Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015","datePublished":"2015-10-12T10:05:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-12T11:45:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg","keywords":["japan record escalator","kawasaki escalator","worlds shortest escalator"],"articleSection":[":: All Posts ::","Featured Articles","TRAVEL"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/","url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/","name":"World's Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015 - AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg","datePublished":"2015-10-12T10:05:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-12T11:45:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/DSC05075-001.jpg","width":954,"height":537},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/12\/worlds-shortest-escalator-coolthingsinjapan-tokyo2015\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World’s Shortest Escalator #CoolThingsInJapan #Tokyo2015"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/","name":"AzuanZahdi.com | Malaysia's First Aviation Blogger","description":"Aviation & Travel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/65269e12457b5fc4a4c10907a1bbd0f0","name":"Azuan Zahdi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/AzuanZahdi-02.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/wp-content\/\/AzuanZahdi-02.png","width":6250,"height":2567,"caption":"Azuan Zahdi"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Malaysia's first aviation blogger. AzuanZahdi.com started in 2006 and has been my little online space where I document my travel and aviation stories. Opinions on AzuanZahdi.com are my own and not the views of any organizations I am attached or affiliated to.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/azuanzahdi","https:\/\/x.com\/azuanzahdi","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzTyB3xwRom5TtZv6YGAsPg"],"url":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4832"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24094,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4832\/revisions\/24094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuanzahdi.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}