You're expected to keep to the left when you are standing on the escalators. And to the right when you are climbing.
I say this because I am not good at it when I am in Osaka, where people do the opposite: to the right when standing, to the left when climbing. I end up finding myself standing on the left, with people passing by... Which makes me really uncomfortable...
ToshiA
Japan
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