The World’s shortest escalator in the basement level of More’s Department Store in Kawasaki, on June 14, 2016, Kawasaki, Japan. (Photos and video by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)
With only 5 steps carrying passenger up 83.4 cm the escalator, or Petitecalator, was built in 1989 to provide access between More’s department store and an underground walkway.
The escalator was added to the Guinness Book of Records in 1991.