Platform Lifts

The rise is
the quiet part.

SanyoSakura designs low-profile platform lifts that move people with the restraint of a shoji screen sliding open — steady, silent, exactly as far as needed and no further.

01 — Design principles

Three ideas move through every lift we build.

Ma — negative space

A platform should feel like an absence, not an object. We keep housings shallow and edges honest so a lift disappears into a doorway or a deck until the moment it's needed.

渋い

Shibui — understated form

Nothing is decorated for its own sake. Every seam, rail, and fastener is left visible and unapologetic, finished plainly rather than dressed up.

改善

Kaizen — small corrections

Each model is a revision of the last: a quieter motor, a shorter pit depth, a smoother approach ramp. Improvement in increments, not in leaps.

02 — Models

Three platforms, one mechanism.

Model Rise Capacity Setting
Kotori up to 1.5 m 340 kg Residential threshold
Sagi up to 3.2 m 400 kg Entryway & low-rise
SanyoSakura XL up to 6.0 m 545 kg Commercial & public

Every model is finished in brushed steel, matte black, or unfinished timber trim on request.

04 — Contact

Ask about a site visit.

Studio
3‑Chome Kanda, Chiyoda‑ku
Tokyo, Japan
Hours
Mon – Fri, 9:00 – 18:00 JST