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The highest escalator in the world is located in the Umeda Sky Building, the seventh-tallest building in Osaka City, Japan.


This 173m (568ft) structure consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories. It was designed by Hiroshi Hara and constructed by Takenaka Corporation in 1993.


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