Owakudani Valley is a real natural wonder and unusual attraction in Japan. Boiling valley appeared in the caldera of volcano the eruption of which happened about 3000 years ago.

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.