Review / Park Hyatt Tokyo’s reopening brings back memories of Lost in Translation and a bygone era

After an extensive renovation that took almost two years, Park Hyatt Tokyo – arguably the Japanese capital’s most iconic hotel – has changed very little, at least on the surface. That’s a very good thing, especially for those who over the years have had the privilege to call it their home away from home while visiting Tokyo.

Famously immortalised in the Academy Award-winning film Lost in Translation (2003), in which it played as significant a role as its two main characters – an American actor and a young woman played by Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson – Park Hyatt Tokyo first opened in 1994.