Ginza's Fancy Elevators

Above, the Apple store in Ginza (left, background) has one of the more
interesting elevators shown in the article. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Rocket News 24 has an interesting article about the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo. But it is not an article one might expect.

It is about the elevators.

They start out the article with:

The Ginza area of Tokyo is by far the ritziest of all of Japan’s districts. With stores such as Chanel, Cartier and Bulgari (not to mention an extremely overpriced bar staffed by former and current porn stars), you’re going to have to have a lot of yen in your pockets if you want to do more than window shop and people watch. Yes, there are exceptions and cheap eats to be found nestled amongst the luxury items, but overall, Ginza is dominated by fancy things. Just look at the elevators…

I think I've only been in one elevator in Ginza, and that was going to a French restaurant in an upper floor of the building right next door to the Wako Department Store. I didn't find the elevator unusual, but then it wasn't at any of the fancy and ritzy stores in the shopping district.

But the examples of the elevators found in Ginza are interesting to see, and the article has plenty of pictures of them.

To view them, go here.