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I had picked up a guide book: "The Rough Guide to Tokyo" to help with the trip planning and in the cultural/history section of the book, LiT gets a mention in the film references. ... it's interesting to see the entire movie summed up in so few words. Too funny! :lol: Look forward to hearing about ...

Ok so there's more on the Monocle front! That author, Tyler Brule (apparently the founder, general manager, writer etc), wrote another article about places he went with his mom: https://monocle.com/the-faster-lane/a-custom-tokyo-tour-for-mom/ and mentions (the room number he stays at in the TPH) he'...

A Monocle writer posted a brief update about the renovations here on Jan 18!

https://monocle.com/the-faster-lane/sno ... -to-tokyo/

Sounds good!

Great snippet of an interview with him on it here: https://youtu.be/yIGxySfbzRg?si=7wJIpLk3Ew4Tmcyj This is a great clip! He mentions Choose Me as another film with a similar vibe that he loves and I've never heard him mention that before. I love Choose Me too and have seen it so many times. I rece...

I know the Park Hyatt is currently taking reservations but I haven't checked nor have I looked at the website to see pictures of how it looks now. In a way, I don't want to look. I know it's probably fantastic, but it definitely won't look like it used to. :/ Yes it may be somewhat traumatic to see...

I guess I was so excited about this topic that I posted it twice lol!

redleader74 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 30, 2025 12:48 am

I will be sure to share some photos here while on the trip!

That's awesome you're going back! Look forward to photos!

It looks like the Park Hyatt is opening back up this Dec. But like you said, very expensive!

This is an interesting feature on the PRX (and NPR and podcast) show about what's happening in Japan now related to tourism and the economy: https://theworld.org/segments/2025/01/06/as-japans-economy-adapts-to-a-tourism-boom-so-does-daily-life Towards the end they also mention Unseen Japan and inter...

Apparently due to a DNS name server change at my web host which I was unaware of, the site was down for maybe a week or so recently. I tried to go to the site today and found that it was unavailable and due to the removal of the name servers it was pointed to. Once I corrected it the site was back i...

Ok, I've scanned the entire article. Its actually more photos than it is text. I use Flickr for my photos, so here's a private link to the album: . . . By our third and final night in the bar, a Christmas tree had gone up next to the band. Everytime I think of this I am reminded of the scene where ...

In the circle of people I know (which admittedly is neither a lot nor diverse), everyone is either: 1.) talking about going to Japan, 2.) already booked a trip to Japan, 3.) just returned from Japan, 4.) or knows someone that is either one of the three just menationed. Wow, unbelievable but cool! F...

I'd love to share all the pages from that article at a legible resolution, but I know this site has size limitations. Is there another way to do it, like linking from other photo site or something like that? Ok if 5mb is not enough then you can link from an external site and embed or just a link to...

This is a very interesting 8 minute news feature about the rise of tourism in Japan. It sounds like they are expecting it to increase a lot by 2030 so maybe best to try and go if you can sooner rather than later! https://theworld.org/segments/2025/01/06/as-japans-economy-adapts-to-a-tourism-boom-so-...

I subscribe to a Monocle magazine and in my most recent issue there is an article about the Park Hyatt Tokyo including some history and stories and how it was closed this year for a major renovation job, reopening again late 2025. Included in the article are some fantastic photos. Due to the relati...

OMG that's great!

Hey everyone! Here we are once again! There’s been some other fun things going on I will get to further down. But first, when was LIT actually released?! Was it in September or October? Last time (at 15), I said it was Sept. 9, 2003 in the US but that is only partially correct. LIT was first shown a...

redleader74 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:38 pm

Hi onesmokin3g, just wanted to see how your trip planning as been, are you still headed to Tokyo and the Park Hyatt this year?

Yes I want to know too! It's getting to be about that time!

Suzanne Ferriss appeared on a podcast this past March to discuss her LIT book. You can hear it here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/lost-in-translation or if you want to hear it on a podcast player and download it you can try this one. It was a little hard for me to pin down. https://player.fm/series/n...

I read and finished the book while traveling on airplanes recently! Which is ironic because in the book she devotes some time to talking about the theme of travel in LIT along with how the experience of travel relates to the experience of the movie and how it was filmed. It's a great book! Discusses...

I found out about this from a footnote in the new LIT book by Suzanne Ferriss! I searched the site and as far as I can see no one else has posted this. In the book she talks about the popularity of the film with a new generation of young people seeing it for the first time. Back in 2018, apparently,...