Shortest escalator
- Who
- Okadaya More's Shopping Mall
- What
- 83.4 centimetre(s)
- Where
- Japan (Kawasaki-shi,)
- When
- October 1989
The shortest escalator is the moving walkway at Okadaya More's Shopping Mall at Kawasaki-shi, Japan, which has a vertical height of 83.4 cm (2 ft 8 in). It was installed by Hitachi Ltd.
The shortest escalator helps connect More's Shopping Mall with the Azeria subway in Kawasaki, Japan, with just 5 steps descending a vertical distance of 83.4 cm (32 in). Installed by Hitachi Ltd in October 1989, this mini-escalator always moves in the downward direction and immediately leads shoppers to a set of steps. Local shoppers refer to it as the "petit-calator".