2x Nice Old 1977 Mitsubishi Elepet (md. 2015) Fast Tr. Els@ExitMelsa Dep. Store, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Filmed in January 2016. This department store was originally completed in November 1977 and opened in December that year, as the New Melsa department store. It underwent a refurbishment from March to August 2015 and was renamed to ExitMelsa department, so that's probably when the elevators got modernized. They still preserved parts of the original interior (the old automatic doors with the old Mitsubishi logo on the door tracks and lamp floor indicators). Inside, there is also a Laox store.
There are two elevators in the main lobby here.
Location: Exit Melsa Department Store (Former New Melsa department store) (〒104-0061 東京都Chūō-ku, 中央区銀座5−7−10,, Ginza, Chuo Ward, Greater Tokyo, Japan
Brand: Mitsubishi
Type: Traction, Mitsubishi Elepet (Until 2015)
Year installed/modernized: 1977 (completed in November 1977) / 2015
Floors served: 10 (B1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, (R))
Serial: Unknown
Capacity: 20 persons or 1350 kg
3x Nice Old 1971 Mitsubishi Elepet (md late 2000s) Tr. Scenic Elevs@Ginza Core Bldg, Tokyo, Japan
Filmed in January 2016. This is another prominent building in Ginza, Tokyo. It was completed in November 1971, with three scenic elevators! They have been modernized around the late 2000s, but the interior still looks partly original. Very nice scenic elevator design!
Location: Ginza Core Building (銀座コア, 5-8-20 Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0061) - Shopping center (?), Ginza, Chuo Ward, Greater Tokyo, Japan
Brand: Mitsubishi
Type: Traction, Mitsubishi Elepet (until the modernization)
Year installed/modernized: 1971 (Completed in November 1971) / late 2000s
Floors served: 10 (8 stops) - (1, *, *, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) - Left elevator
11 - (B1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) - Center elevator
12 - (B2, B1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) - Right elevator
Serial: Unknown
Capacity: 17 persons or 1150 kg
AMAZING! Old 1974 Mitsubishi Elepet Traction Elevator@Inuyama Nishiguchi Bldg, Yokohama, Japan
Filmed in January 2016. This is a really amazing find in Yokohama - a completely original mid-1970s Mitsubishi Elepet Elevator with 12 floors! It's a little bit slow, but It hasn't been modernized at all, and it's still in good condition! There are two other elevators in the main lobby (no film) but they look like they've been modernized in the late 1990s, and I forgot to go and check them anyway, but luckily, I found the third completely original elevator in the building! Long live Mitsubishi Elepet! This building was completed in January 1975.
Location: Inuyama Nishiguchi Building (犬山西口ビル, 〒220-0004 Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Nishi-ku, Kitasaiwai, 1 Chome−8−2), Nishi Ward, Kitasaiwai, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Greater Tokyo, Japan
Brand: Mitsubishi
Type: Traction, Mitsubishi Elepet
Year installed: late 1974 (Completed in January 1975)
Floors served: 12 (B2, B1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, R)
Serial: Unknown
Capacity: 6 persons or 450 kg
Boring OTIS Traction (not Gen2) 1993 (rd 2009) Elevator/L@Corinthia Hotel*****, Saint Petersburg, R
This hotel has a very luxurious interior but the elevators are just so boring, I don't understand why they had to rebuild them when they were just 16 years old (and this hotel opened in 1993!), must have been OTIS Series 1 fixtures before...This hotel has 4 elevators, and this is filming one of the 3 main elevators going to the hotel rooms (floors 1-8).
Location: Corinthia Hotel*****, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Brand: OTIS
Type: OTIS Gen2 MRL Traction/Traction
Year installed/replaced: 1993 / 2009
Floors served: 8 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Serial: B7SE2253 (only one of three serial numbers are known)
Capacity: 10 persons or 800 kg
Note: No key card is needed to ride the elevators.