Andrew, I have been living on Shibuya for 4 years, have tons of friends and students from the Kansai region, have visited the area several times. Why is Kinki used as a synonym for Kansai?

What is the meaning of a way a person approaches and walked up to? This expression would be appropriate for your first example. I disagree with KIMALANO: reached Me would not be a suitable synonym here, at least not in North American English.

No come to nor came up to is the best choice for your second example; neither is KimALuno’s suggestion ( was in ). The best verb phrase is got to elevator or, more formal, arrived at elevator, or to get to the elevator. Both of these show that you had arrived at the elevator but had not entered it yet, whereas kiamlaluno’s rephrase means that you were already inside the elevator when you made the realization. Both came to and came up to are natural because, at least in the brief text provided, there is no implication of here where is no use of come. I would still suggest that the question “tied into elevator – i reached the elevator” should also be the replacement verb for the verb “attended the

elevator”.