“Elevator girls” run self-service elevators at Odakyu department store in Tokyo.Credit...Yuli Weeks for The New York Times TOKYO � Every day, the impeccably dressed “elevator girls” of Tokyo’s Odakyu department store greet customers, ushering them in and out of the cars. During breaks, they practice their greetings and meticulously reapply their makeup. Critics see the women as the embodiment of t