Tag: Filming

Lost in Translation Filming Locations: Kabuki-cho (Shinjuku)

After the main title card, the film opens with a shot of a clearly jetlagged Bob Harris (Bill Murray) in a taxi, his head pressed up against the window in the rear left passenger seat. The interior of the taxi becomes awash in reflections of city lights and street noise, waking Bob. We then assume h...

Lost in Translation Filming Locations: Daikanyama Air and Nakameguro

Throughout the film, Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) spend most of their nights at the New York Bar in the Park Hyatt, but they did venture out of the comfort of their five star hotel on at least two occasions to explore Tokyo’s nightlife. On their first night ou...

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 ...