Lost in Translation Filming Locations: Joganji Temple in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward

Early in the film Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) makes a solo trip to a small temple in Tokyo after navigating Tokyo’s perplexing subway system. While there, she walks in on a Buddhist ceremony being performed by several monks to a small audience. She then returns to room at the Park Hyatt in Shinjuku where she calls one of her friends back in the US, explaining (through some sniffling) that she “didn’t feel anything” while watching the monks. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*y6_pc0WlbrOoiPJB62sGSg.png" style="height:380px; width:700px" /> Charlotte takes in a Buddhist ceremony at the main prayer altar (Lost in Translation, 2003) The Buddhist temple she visited was Joganji Temple (成願寺) in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward, which is not very far from the Park Hyatt and the rest of Shinjuku, which is one of Tokyo’s nerve centers (similar to Times Square). The address of Joganji Temple is 2–26–6 Honcho in Nakano Ward, and is an oasis of green perched amongst a sea of concrete. <a href="https://black-harpoon.medium.com/lost-in-translation-filming-locations-joganji-temple-in-tokyos-nakano-ward-e615b96bc686">Website</a>