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| Above, Godzilla peers over buildings in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
For those thinking about a vacation trip to Japan there is a new article in Travel Weekly on changing travel in Japan and Shinjuku.
Figuring prominently in the article is Godzilla.
It starts out with:
Outside Tokyo's Hotel Groove Shinjuku, where I was ensconced on the 36th floor, is Toho Cinemas, where a huge replica of Godzilla looks like it's trying to gobble up Harrison Ford in the heart of the Kabukicho entertainment district.
The sign advertising "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," the latest in that movie series, declares, "To the final challenge that will change our destiny."
Other than thinking how apt that statement is, in light of the pandemic challenge that Japan tourism has been through, I'll also have you know that as a media franchise, "Godzilla" is way older than "Indiana Jones."
The fictional monster made its debut in 1954, in Ishiro Honda's film, as a prehistoric creature empowered by nuclear radiation, while Indiana Jones made his first outing in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in 1981. (Still, I must say, that while Indy has needed the help of AI and CGI to de-age him in his latest romp, Godzilla looks like he's hardly aged at all!)
To read more, go here.
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