When it comes to going up and down in life, stairs really seem to be the most inconsiderate. Rather than carrying you along like your friends the escalator or elevator, stairs just seem to lay there without moving an inch to help you.

Even in Japan where politeness is a way of life, the stairs still just sit there waiting for us to do all the heavy lifting. All except a few flights of extremely well-mannered stairs located in Kitakata Station in Fukushima Prefecture. While they don’t physically help you to go up, they do still have power… the power to move you.

Photos of the stairs were tweeted by an invigorated former climber along with the caption “Kitakata Station has some really modest stairs.”

We’re sorry there are stairs.
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These stairs have 32 steps in total.
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On a fine day you can see the Iide Mountains.
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This is the 21st step.
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Buck up! It’s just a little more to the top.
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Along with over 20,000 retweets, the kindhearted stairs got rave reviews online.

“Climbing these stairs would make me feel really good.”
“I like it! It’s like the stairs are there for me.”
“Do try to climb on a day with good weather.”
“Way too polite.”
“It must be a refreshing feeling at the top.”

I kind of disagree with the last comment. Although the climb itself looks like an uplifting experience, it seems to end very abruptly when you get to the top. That would leave me feeling kind of empty and abandoned. My therapist says I’m making a lot of headway with those issues though.

Well… I guess that’s all for this story. You’re not going to go click on another post are you?!

Wait!!

I got some other cool stuff to show you some…where… Oh! You just gotta stick around a while and stare at this freakin’ otter! It’s crazy wild.

Source: Twitter via Hamusoku (Japanese)
Otter Image: Twitter