@@squeakychairchannel There is no law in Japan that prohibits the installation of elevators. Building owners are completely free to install elevators in their buildings, regardless of the height of the building. In Japan's Building Standards Act, there is a law that requires that "buildings over 31 meters above ground must install elevators." 📓🥸 Therefore, there are cases where buildings lower than that do not have elevators. And conscientious building owners, building owners who pursue convenience, and building owners with a high level of public interest may install elevators even in buildings with only two stories. Rental housing is planned from a long-term perspective of cost and asset management, and the merits and demerits are considered, so in buildings with few households and three or four stories, the cost of installing an elevator is a huge burden, so it is often not installed. In large apartment buildings with many households, it is expected that people will die there, so elevators with hidden doors are installed with space reserved for coffins. The back panel of the elevator cage (box-shaped) is removable, so part of the coffin can be stored in that space. We don't often notice it when we're living normally, but buildings are designed with "what if" and "emergency" in mind, and are expected to respond to rare cases. The idea of universal design is also spreading, and in some cases, buildings with a high level of public utility are required to install elevators not by the Building Standards Act, but by individual ordinances. Public buildings must be designed so that everyone can use them equally, regardless of age, gender, or whether they have a disability, and although this is not yet sufficient, there are many buildings that are designed with this importance in mind. However, there are also facilities that are in a strange state because of being too considerate. There are escalators that are only 3 or 4 steps high near the entrances and exits of stations, elevators that go up and down just under 100 cm to eliminate the step between the station premises and the platform, and toilet seats that have too many handrails on the toilet booth, making the seating area narrow... There is also an ordinance for welfare purposes called the "Heartful Ordinance," but some Japanese people sometimes become too considerate and end up being too "heartful full full".💞💞💞 This can sometimes cause problems for users, making it difficult to use. 😱😅😂👍🏻 Short elevator example video (17 seconds) --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYavgmiBgaaioMU
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I have never seen elevators like in this video 😄 Thank you, I learned a lot of interesting things about elevators from you👍