Soon To Be Lost
Last night, Andrew and I watched Lost in Translation to further get in the mood for our trip. What a great movie—I’d forgotten how exhausted and defeated Bill Murray looks, and how perfectly Sophia Coppola captures the disorientation that comes from being chronically jet-lagged in a city where nothing at all is familiar. We’ve both seen the movie before (several times for me), but this time we watched it with the eyes of people who would soon be following in Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson’s footsteps. (Not their footsteps to the Park Hyatt, but ah well.) Navigating the crowds at Shibuya crossing? Staring perplexedly at a subway map? Taking the bullet train to Kyoto? In just two days, that will be us.
Strangely enough, it turns out that the lodging we chose in Tokyo—the Oakwood Apartments Shinjuku—is part of the same “temporary residence” chain (furnished apartments rather than hotel rooms) in which the film crew stayed during the shooting. Seeing Lost in Translation when it came out years ago was the first time I ever thought I might want to visit Tokyo, and I suppose now that it was meant to be.
Last night we did some preliminary packing, and we’ll definitely succeed in having no checked bags. I even managed to stuff an empty backpack and tote bag in the bottom of my suitcase to accommodate our future purchases. Onward…Two days!
Strangely enough, it turns out that the lodging we chose in Tokyo—the Oakwood Apartments Shinjuku—is part of the same “temporary residence” chain (furnished apartments rather than hotel rooms) in which the film crew stayed during the shooting. Seeing Lost in Translation when it came out years ago was the first time I ever thought I might want to visit Tokyo, and I suppose now that it was meant to be.
Last night we did some preliminary packing, and we’ll definitely succeed in having no checked bags. I even managed to stuff an empty backpack and tote bag in the bottom of my suitcase to accommodate our future purchases. Onward…Two days!
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