Park Hitachi fascinates everyone: the local people, travelers who have seen a lot, and lovers of beauty, who come from everywhere in this marvelous place. In Japanese translation the park name means "dawn".

Beckinsale great-grandfather was a native of Burma, and Kate says that as a child she had a "very Asian appearance". Beckinsale’s stepfather, who came from a working-class family, thought it was pretty funny to hear the curses of the smart girl and he encouraged her for that.