Filipino Residents Have Established a Home in Honolulu’s Chinatown 🇺🇸 (Hawaii) – Video

Experience the vibrant and historical neighborhood of Chinatown in Honolulu, Hawaii in this exciting video. Join the host as he explores the streets and meets the Filipinos who have made this place their home. Discover the unique mix of cultures, food, and influences that make this area so special. Follow along as the host and his companion navigate through the streets, taking in the sights, and even indulge in some Filipino food. This video provides a unique glimpse into the heart of Chinatown and captures the small-town USA vibes that make this area truly unique. Join in for a virtual tour of Honolulu’s Chinatown and get ready to be captivated by this fascinating and vibrant neighborhood.

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Both for men and women yeah oh okay let me get  two two white ones please is this for special   occasions yeah what what what do people use  these for for anything looking for more specific   anything I just want something that says I’m  in Hawaii oh you know something that just that  

Just grabs the eye oh really oh no like well  maybe something yellow now the streets here are   extremely beautiful they give me those small town  USA Vibes extremely different from the mainland   USA it’s still part of America but it almost feels  like a different country when you’re here what’s  

Up everybody welcome back to another beautiful  day here on the island of Hawaii today I’m in   honolulu’s Chinatown and I’m going to give you  guys a tour of this extremely vibrant part of the   city now the Chinatown is actually located right  near the pier these here are uh Pier 13 and Pier  

14 I also see that there’s a police station over  here Pier 15 and I’m guessing this is where a lot   of the goods show up um to the mainland here in  Hawaii because well a lot of the items that you  

Purchase on a daily basis from the food to the  drinks to even the clothing uh 90% of all the   goods that are found here on the on the islands  of Hawaii are actually imported so Chinatown is  

Located right in the heart of the downtown right  along the piers and today I’m going to be giving   you guys a tour of this extremely historical part  of the city now of course I’m with glattus today  

Hello hello are you excited to be here in Hawaii  yes so happy this is so beautiful it is it is   extremely beautiful and it is extremely different  now a lot of people told me that Hawaii was one of  

Those places that’s um extremely different from  the mainland USA it’s still part of America but   it almost feels like a different country when  you’re here walking around talking to the people   they have their own accents their own way of life  and it’s it’s beautiful to see yesterday while we  

Were on our way from the airport to our hotel our  Uber driver was actually telling us that a lot of   the people here in Hawaii well they obviously  are well aware that they are American but that   they consider themselves Hawaiian and almost  consider themselves their own country so it’s  

Very special it’s a unique Place hopefully we  can and uh discuss that with some locals here   in this series but yeah this here is Chinatown  now Chinatown is one of the most historical areas   of the city it’s been around since the 1800s  and according to everything I read online this  

Area actually became extremely popular because  of the whaling industry that was found here in   Hawaii during the early 1800s the Welling industry  was extremely huge they used to actually um yeah   I guess go and hunt whales off the coast of the  Mainland and this here is where they would bring  

Them in and I guess you can say butcher them up  and disperse the goods from the whales across not   only Hawaii but other surrounding areas now the  streets here are extremely beautiful they give   me those small town USA Vibes and a lot of the  buildings that you’re actually seeing here in  

This area are actually buildings that have been  rebuilt over the course of the last century and   I’ll tell you guys a little bit more about that  later on as we walk around this area now right  

Now we’re actually Kicking It Off on King Street  King Street is where people told me you can start   walking around Chinatown and that it actually  spreads out quite big and that this area of the   city is not only known for being Chinatown but  also for being the arts district these days that  

I guess there’s a lot of art galleries and art  exhibits that take place here throughout the year   now I must say it feels so good walking around  these streets after being in Southeast Asia for  

So long it’s not too humid it’s fresh but it still  is it still is warm how do you feel walking around   these neighborhoods uh amazing I I always like  to explore new things new countries this is not a  

Country well I mean this is USA but you know what  I mean it’s a part of USA so I I’ve already been   in um USA so many times but nothing like thisai  has its own Vibe yeah and it looks very beautiful  

Here all the buildings you can tell they’re pretty  old yeah they are I like how it’s kept its um it’s   simple touch it’s nice and it’s always like it’s  always um good to see how this country is built  

By different communities from all around the world  so here for example right here in the corner you   can tell it’s a Chinese store where you can  find a lot of things from China like little   cute souvenirs Buddhas so that’s very incredible  and you can tell that on the food too there’s food  

From all around the world but Hawaii has its own  food like the pock or the CH ice cream which is   also something we need to try yeah we need to  try a lot more Hawaiian foods but um yeah like  

Glattus was just mentioning we’ve noticed that  a lot of the Hawaiian flu food has an influence   from other parts of the world we actually had oh  man what was it called cowb St steak and eggs and  

We actually did some research and by research  I mean you know just typing it in into Google   and it told us that cowb steak and eggs are  actually extremely popular here in Hawaii but  

It is actually um a Korean dish a Korean dish that  has become extremely popular here so a lot of the   food that you find here in Hawaii has an influence  from another country but they add their own twist  

To that food so yeah let’s start our little walk  around and see what we can get our hands on here   in the Chinatown area of Hawaii we’re going  to do a little bit of shopping a little bit  

Of eating now everything that people have told us  about this area basically we’ve come up with the   same conclusion from every conversation we’ve had  and that is that this area of the city has some  

Of the best food yes so let’s see if we can get  our hands on some on some good eats Nice produce   markets and see this is this is very cool to see  because um only in the Chinatown areas in the US  

I feel like you can find fresh produce being sold  like this on the sides of the streets same in San   Francisco same in New York City like you got all  kinds of um different cooking utensils cleaning   utensils and yeah it’s just not something  that’s uh common to find just walking around  

Normal cities in the US outside of you know chat  town so usually when you want your vegetables in   America you have to go to a big grocery store  but not here in Chinatown you can walk around  

And just um pick away at anything that you might  need to take home with you now over in this corner   there’s a big Market aahoo Market looks really  interesting as well looks like there’s a lot   of produce and fresh meats being sold and I’ve  noticed that there is a lot of construction going  

On but I guess that’s uh pretty normal pretty  standard for a place like Hawaii that’s just Ever Changing bananas cucumbers tomatoes  green peppers sweet potatoes Ginger   oh man all of that looks amazing now  everybody told me that I have to try  

The guava here in Hawaii as well  as the papaya everybody says that   the papaya comes from the north side of  the island and that it is very delicious now as I mentioned a lot of the buildings that  you’re seeing here have actually been rebuilt  

Over the course of the last century and that is  actually because um Hawaii is a place that has   suffered many tragic accidents due to wildfires  there was actually a big Wildfire recently on   the island of Maui that completely took out a  very a very popular side of the island that had  

So much history and the same has happened here  on the mainland or the big island of Hawaii I   believe actually you know what let me pull this  up on Google because I don’t want to get these  

Facts wrong but um yes it says right here that the  famous Chinatown fire which was here in this area   of the city of of the island actually took place  in 1886 and it began in a local restaurant and  

Ended up uh burning for three days straight and  destroying eight blocks so this was actually not   a wildfire this was a fire that was started inside  of a restaurant a business here in Chinatown and  

Then later in 1899 there was a bubanic plague that  um wiped out a large population of the island of   Hawaii people were getting infected by the by this  plague and it caused man extreme an extreme large  

Amount of of lost to human life and then it says  that um the the disease had spread so quickly that   the Honolulu Board of Health actually quarantined  the area and ordered for the destruction of any   building that had housed an infected person due  to the plague so a series of controlled fires  

Took place in the year 1900 and destroyed 41  structures intentionally intentionally and then   after complications arose when they couldn’t put  the fires out it actually grew so quickly that it   ended up burning for 17 days and it destroyed 38  acres of the city how crazy is that huge part of  

This area pretty much the entire Chinatown was  burned to the ground so a lot of the buildings   that you’re seeing they’re still um pretty old  but most of them were built between the 1920s   to 1940s and this area of Chinatown that actually  looking at that is now super trendy and known for  

Its shopping and nightlife well this area let me  just tell you it has another little crazy side to   it as well during the 1930s and 1940s during  World War II this was actually where the red  

Light district was here in Honolulu was here on  these very streets so um a lot of the sailors and   um military service members that were actually  stationed in Pro Harbor getting ready to the way  

To the CL getting ready to head off to war this  is where they would spend their last few days   getting rowdy and having a good time people would  get tattoos here go to brothel you know what you  

Do inside of those places and basically just get  absolutely Rowdy before going to war it’s pretty   nice to um you know think about all those things  and try and see in or imagine in your eyes like   what this area looks like like in 1940 imagine  all the sailors out here getting drunk getting  

Sailor Jerry tattoos interesting I wonder  um which one were the trendy places in that   moment like the trendy bar that would be Co know  huh there’s actually a lady who um Let’s cross   this way gles there’s actually a lady here who  runs a tour around this area or used to run a  

Tour around this area and we saw a news article  about her and she actually run it used to run a   tour around Chinatown showing you guys the old  red light district places unfortunately though   from what I read online she no longer lives here  she lives in Seattle now so we can’t actually book  

One of those tours which is quite unfortunate but  look we got a jewelry Jade antique shop here wow   this almost reminds me of Chinatown Hong Kong  all right let’s hit the road a little bit and   start walking wow look at this building the one  we were just walking alongside that is absolutely

Beautiful wow that is gorgeous now you know  I did actually get some recommendations for   a place called the pork and pig lady or the pig  lady something like that it’s located down this   street we’ll have to go down there and check  it on out here in a few minutes and maybe try  

Ourselves the famous uh Bon Me pork sandwich that  they make there oh wow look they got Vietnamese   restaurants a nice little Marketplace here now  I am noticing that just like most places in the   US here in Hawaii they have a big I’m noticing  it’s a big homeless issue there’s a big homeless  

Problem and there’s a big um well throughout the  parts around the city you’ll see tents and a large   homeless population which I was not expecting  to see because you know you only always hear   about the paradise side of these places however  like most places in the world they do have some  

Some struggles here as well um but I feel like  this is just a huge problem in the US because   um obviously homeless people do exist all around  the world but yesterday when glattus and I arrived  

We were blown away way yeah like it was it was  super sad to see we walked inside of McDonald’s   yesterday at like 11:00 at night because we were  super hungry and there was just so many people   sleeping absolutely everywhere inside of the  McDonald’s and it was sad to see because you  

Know as you’re walking around especially W Kiki  Honolulu area there’s just so much money around   like so much people out here just man buying  the most expensive handbags the most expensive   everything and then right along somebody walking  with the her mes bag there’s just someone like  

Literally living the worst time of their life on  the sidewalk yeah it’s very rough to see I was not   expect expecting that in Highway yeah neither was  I but you know what let’s actually cross on over  

And let’s see if we can purchase some items from  the marketplace because I definitely want to um   see if I can’t get my get my hands on a few items  from here look at how cool these little statues are all right let’s come on

Inside oh glattus you wanted one of these you  wanted a lay a l i wonder how much these are   flower lays oh $4 each that is a deal these  are beautiful which colors would you go for  

Maybe white or colorful what white or colorful  I think the I think the colorful ones A vibe   but the white ones also pretty beautiful  you know what white I think White’s a good   choice you want to buy one yeah I am hello  okay are these yours yes hello how much are  

They uh 150 150 oh okay can we get um is this  they’re both for men and women yeah oh okay   let me get two two white ones please is this  for special occasions yeah what what what do  

People use these for for anything anything  just to wear yeah okay so $3 what else do   you sell in your shop oh you can come inside  take a look okay what are these uh live bamboo   live bamboo and they actually grow bigger yeah  okay wow look they got massage and spas yeah oh  

Pay inside okay hello $150 um I got two two  or3 $3 thank you wow your store is beautiful yeah wow these are interesting looking I wonder  what these are used for hello excuse me what are   these used for yeah but is it for a special  occasion yeah oh okay thank you yeah those  

Are interesting I like this okay we got our  flower lace thank you so much now I feel I   am in Hawaii with the flowers all right I was  trying to spark up a little conversation but I   don’t think they wanted that one sometimes  you got to try but then sometimes you also  

Got to know when to walk away you know what  I’m saying yo these are super beautiful as   well these are actually extremely popular  here as well glattus was actually reading   up on these what are these used for GL it’s an  A too how did you pronunciate this a what Le  

Sorry oh it’s a lay also yeah it’s a l also  so it’s everything you can put together as a as a as a necklace as a necklace exactly and I  read online you can use it to as a welcome also  

Like as a way to say goodbye but also they use  this for special occasion like graduations so   when somebody left the college when they graduate  here in Hawaii they can have so many lays that the  

Lays can go up to the ears because it’s something  that people that love love you give to you okay   that sounds nice now I was actually um where I  was growing up in Long Beach California we got  

A huge Samoan population so when I actually  finished uh High School I remember all of my   Samoan friends walking around with yeah next  just filled all the way up to the top with   these it’s quite cool some even had some that  were that was like a bunch of dollar bills and  

Money folded into a necklace but this sp’s cool  like they got all kinds of massages hair and nail places I love it it’s nice it’s  interesting I wonder who this is here well I’d like to

Know yeah I’d love to know who this is if  you guys know please let me know down in the comments did you find another beautiful shop  for us to do shopping hello hi wow your Shop’s  

Beautiful oh wow thanks oh thank you so much  do you do you have any great shirts for men   I do have a lot of if you want to come down yeah  please yeah are you looking for more specific I  

Just want something that says I’m in Hawaii oh you  know something that just that just grabs the eye   oh really oh no like well maybe something yellow  that’s like okay oh that one that one okay that  

That’s a that’s that’s a little too Poppy huh for  real that is like you got the that is that is like   palm trees you got the beach sunsets everything  naked volcano yeah you can’t go wrong there huh  

You got all that Bamboo House look at it I like  that what’s the price of this one really nice what   size are you extra large I give it to you for 22  22 yeah is that a good deal it is a good deal okay  

I I believe you I believe you of course I’m not  going to wipe you out all right yeah you’re sweet   promise you okay you know what what what do you  think what color do you think would look better  

On me the yellow actually your skin tone you’re  like a little bit of a orangey thing you’re Fair   actually I guess because you have yeah I think you  look good in this what do you think ma’am she’s  

The boss she’s the boss huh yes of course ins wow  what is it’s beautiful I think I think yellow is   cool you think it’s it really like a e color if  you want something wo you know okay something wow  

This is your color oh that one is nice too but but  this is I feel like this this is more more Poppy   but this is more like I’m I’m like I’m like 50 I’m  I’m on my vacation about thinking about retiring  

In Hawaii you know right though no not really or  you think that’s the young taste okay yeah there   is like about oh 17 18 wearing this even this  one too don’t take me wrong they’re both okay  

You know what let’s go with the yellow though I  like this it depends on your iude exactly yes yes   okay you’re very approachable and loud I think  that was super okay so people like you and me   would wear yellow cuz we’re approachable I think  yeah I think you’re approachable I love yellow  

I love green I love anything like okay same here  man you’re so kind thank you oh thank you are you   from here no I’m from the Philippines yo we just  came from the Philippines from crazy yeah we just  

Came we love the Philippines just like I it very  friendly oh really we were in sebu City yeah we   went in City and Manila oh manil and B where are  you from um in the south side of the Philippines  

But I GRE up in Manila do you like binka of  course yeah binka we love oh my god oh man p   h h h h my favor dessert oh my God we got to stop  talking about this because I’m going to miss the  

Philippines and I’m in Hawaii I’m supposed to be  enjoying Hawaii first time I didn’t mix it I just   grabbed the little ice cream yeah the little ice  cream I was say amazing Hal you know what’s crazy  

Is that the whole world is here in Hawaii there’s  people from all over the world here oh well yeah   they said it’s a paradise but I heard yeah it is  a paradise Paradise I think people here are very  

Welcoming they’re very friendly you know somebody  told us that the that the largest population on   the island of ha are Asians and mainly Filipinos  we Asians I would say Asians I think the Filipino  

Side of it is there’s a lot of here then tal cuz  I am tal and then tal is in the mland soos are   more here but you know what we have a lot in a  lot of I mean lot ofes you know which is good it  

Makes it little more like you know welcome we feel  like right you feel at home yeah the weatherwise   everything actually it’s a little bit more fresh  here the Philippines that humidity had me beat   that’s so bad it’s true you’re just speaking for  the truth yeah it is hot right you know what I’m  

Going to take this one though oh yeah awesome  one for you you have to get something for you   little flowers for din I do you don’t want to get  a dress or anything you can with him yeah I made  

I already made my yeah she already made she just  made a purchase this morning yeah what do you have   any of those hair ties for um not the haai one  let’s go check them out let’s go check them out  

Hello hey how you guys doing doing great how are  you great enjoying my enjoying my vacation here   nice thank you Hawaii is filled with such lovely  people it’s awesome yes it is it’s I I think it’s   the Island the island life that makes everybody  super happy you know oh those are beautiful  

Matches your shirt although this matches his  so you can oh so should I can I wear one too   yes you can course yeah it’s flower it’s just a  oh I like that one man you look you look good it  

Matches it matches I like all right no we haven’t  been to a luau how do you go to a Lu out do you   got to get a special invitation yeah I think  you you can purchase a ticket toline I I been  

To Paradise Co and it was so wonderful it’s just  by the beach um how how do you find those online   um yeah um man we got to go to a do paradise.com  Paradise cove.com okay down it’s really nice okay  

You know and you know I think you guys should go  and you can go on the front and on the stage and   dance hoola learn how to dance yeah and dance in  there too you guys have to you know how to dance  

Hoola no that’s sad how many how many years is  did you say you’ve been out here oh I’ve been   here for like about 30 years 30 years oh you’re  you’re Hawaiian Filipina oh no not really cuz I  

Wasn’t Bor here oh okay okay my friend yeah my  my husband’s friend’s daughter was born here she   danced she Dan that he should dance but she go to  classes okay wow that’s that’s very interesting I  

Know you guys do what’s the name of is this your  shop Erica store yeah me Erica store okay you and   your mom it’s hers just kind of like dipping in  Hey where’s the money okay all right all right  

She takes the money old right how much do we owe  you um this is 22 and that’s $3 so 25 even 25 even   there you go thank you I’m so glad I met you oh  really hi because come and visit Chinatown yeah  

Come visit Chinatown and come to Erica store what  what are your guys’ hours um from 8 to 3:30 800 to   3:30 and if you want to come in here and just do  a whole bunch of shopping past 3:30 then they’ll  

Stay open for you and say you yeah and then say  Chris sent you come on over here guys if you want   to if you want to have a smile on your face this  is where you have to come yeah thank you so much  

Thank you let me put this in the back for you  you can always find uh you can always count on   the Filipino Hospitality all around the world to  make you happy amazing talk to you guys as well  

Thank you so much here let me leave you with  the card you know what you make her day we’ve   been so quiet all day long yeah yeah you just  F that’s the goal you made our day too cuz you  

Know I’ve been walking around trying to talk to  quite a bit of people and then like everybody’s   a little bit shy shy or quiet you know they’re not  yeah yeah some you got to sometimes you got to try  

And I’m the ice breaker you know I like to just  break the ice but sometimes people don’t want to   have the ice broken they’re typical sometimes  they just shy a little bit and when you start  

Talking to them they go for it yeah exactly here  let me leave you with two cards oh awesome what is   that there are YouTube channels yeah that better  be posted down it’s getting posted on there we   we’re we’re promoting Erica’s Erica’s store the  best place to get your your lays and your your  

Hawaii shirts package for you my brother thank  you so much thank you now who’s on the Statue   out there do you um I think that’s the um Vietnam  got but I’ve heard she is a b of protection so oh  

Okay yeah a lot of so a very important person  yes very yeah okay that’s now everybody told me   that when I’m in Chinatown I got to try a donut  donut is that is that really what the what I got  

To try here here but they move I’m not too sure  where they are now what else should I have to try   before I leave chinat have you tried aino dish no  man we just left the Philippines I didn’t realize  

We were going to be doing Filipino in Hawaiian  so you wanted the Philippines only eat dessert   no regular meal no of course we had adobo P um  Leon oh have you tried that which one it’s pork   with mayonnaise onion whatever and they they  barbecue it and it slices and the small pieces  

And they mix it together okay it was pretty did  you want to try some yeah maybe I’ll try some   of that yeah inside of inside of this smart game  okay maybe we’ll check that out for lunch you’re  

Not going yet oh you want let’s go let’s go thank  you my friend I always recommend him okay let’s   go thank you so much thank you nice meeting  you take care sir she’s going to take us to  

Her favorite lunch spot let’s go oh man Hawaii’s  great thank you you’re welome oh this looks lovely that one is very famous they’re in YouTube  they’re on YouTube oh they got Poke Balls   and everything I haven’t even tried Pokey  yet can you believe that oh for real oh you  

Better to try them okay we’ll be back here  oh Muro Bros I saw them on YouTube they’re   good yeah okay well let’s go to your friend’s  business we’re going to try Filipino food here   in Hawaii all right oh so this is your one  no I haven’t a pig’s blood Pig’s blood yeah  

Oh I’m not sure about that one just and what  is that one adobo yeah that’s adobo that’s   adobo this is sant okay and this is the you  about and what is that one inside that one is

Just I want [ __ ] I’m and pepper okay well you  know what I I’m going to I’m going to I’m going   to take just an order of that that’s really good  okay I’m going to I’m going to try that one try  

That’s my because we we got to do a little bit of  everything because yeah we’re eating everything   you know I’m going to try this one thank you  so much thank you thank you man Erica’s store  

Remember yeah okay come back thank you thank  you hello can I can I get an order of this um   just like that so what size you want um small one  please how much is that $9 okay that’s fine thank

You thank you so much sir I mean ma’am  thank you so much uh make sure make sure   you check out the video yes I will I’m thank  you take care you’re so kind all right hello   are you guys from the Philippines too  yeah wow we love the Philippines Salam

That’s where are you guys from in the Philippines  in local store oh okay yeah we didn’t go there no   no we need to go back Philippines is so big we  only explor St City Manila and boo oh Manila you  

Goore next time next time or nor Locos nor Locos  nor Lo nor man it’s amazing that Filipinos are   everywhere huh yeah and they are so friendly  so doesn’t matter where you go I love it let  

Me help you with your F we got shirts we got  food we got lace you got hair decorations hair   decoration this is nice wow look at this this  is what glattus would love to eat right here  

The octopus that’s like an octopus that e it  yeah now you know what the problem is guys is   that glce and I literally just got them stuff  our face thank you so much have a nice day no  

Glattus and I literally just got done eating  so much food but you know what let’s see here   real quick I’m going to I’m going to try this  out and then um I’ll just take one bite or so  

And then we’ll continue on with our tour but I  couldn’t pass up what was her name Erica Erica   Erica I couldn’t pass up the offer of her  bringing me here I mean she was so kind h&j  

Cafe Filipino and local cuisine okay no I’ve  never even heard of this but to be honest in   the Philippines there’s so much food to choose  from and you’re always trying new things every   single day but you end up leaving the place  and still have so much that you haven’t tried  

But I’m glad we we met Erica because that’s  literally The Vibes we’ve had since we’ve   showed up to the island I mean everybody’s  been talking to us and treating us extremely well oh it’s like a salad it’s very good but the texture is hard for me

Mhm not my favorite you want to try it no guys  is like no I’m full I ate that beef Co how was   the name uh c um called by beef yeah C with  eggs I’m sorry I can’t think right now how  

Does it taste try it try it try one piece  okay I don’t know guys it’s uh for me it’s   it’s super the flavor is good it’s just the  texture it’s kind of like um I don’t know you  

Know in in Latino America we eat these things  are in Mexico better weat these things called   queros that’s like the texture querito no I don’t  I don’t think it’s that but that’s the texture I’m getting it’s pork she said Erica had said  it’s pork mayitos it does taste like qutos  

Huh I think it is yeah so you know what not bad  just um not for me but I like to try new things   so hey it was worth trying we’ll make sure we  give this to somebody um that is in need of some  

Food outside because it’s sad to waste and it’s  it’s delicious it’s just not the texture for me   did you like it yeah do taste bad it doesn’t  taste bad at all it’s delicious and you can   see why someone would like it because it’s  it’s very sweet it has like a smokey flavor  

A smokey flavor flavor you’re right yeah I like  that but that Muto roast I’ve seen that one on   YouTube I kind of want to try that spot too but  I think we’re going to save that one for another  

Day yeah cuz poke bowls a must in Hawaii all  right let’s continue on with our little tour   let’s head on outside and continue on exploring  Chinatown oh man what a great what a great time  

Are you holding on to my shirt for me yeah I feel  like I want to put it on but you know what we’ll   hold on to it I’m going to save it for our our  island adventure all right let’s get on out of

Here thank you you’re welcome where’s the  food we got we got some right here I just   tried it yeah man it’s because there’s so much  stuff that we have never tried before and we’re   dabbling on everything yeah Ah that’s not going  to be enough it’s not going to be enough but we  

Still got some poke to try here in a little  bit we got to try the Shave Ice where can we   find Shave Ice around here the most popular  one like can Chinatown or just on yeah in Chinatown oh I don’t know there’s really any sh  places in Chinatown there’s like a few smoothie  

Places over here along the outside for sh yeah but  the most popular one is going to be the wild yeah   yeah they told us that one okay we’ll check that  one out it’s pretty good I haven’t been there for  

Years but I’m pretty sure they still hold up to  the same standards okay yeah yeah yeah well thank   you so much sir yeah you’re welcome you’re welcome  bye thank you bye and enjoy the rest of your   vacation thank you so much you’re welcome well  remember guys Erica store a lovely Place lovely  

People great Vibes all right well let’s continue  on with our little tour of of Chinatown why not let’s continue walking around now  it’s a beautiful day out here today too   guys like it is so beautiful out here it is a good

Time and as I mentioned it’s lovely to be able to  walk around in this weather this weather is cool   it’s refreshing especially after coming from Asia  but yeah that gentleman that was actually sitting  

There I I’m not sure if he was a police officer  or something but he had a gun handcuffs and it   said Public Safety on his um shirts but he was a  super gentlemen as well it’s always nice when you  

Run into kind people because it makes it boosts  morale yeah and if noce here just there’s a lot   of police yeah there is a lot I don’t know I  personally um yeah have felt extremely safe  

Walking around here oh look these are Le uh lay  shops Tina’s lay shop yeah so they they must make   these all around here oh yeah cuz there’s flower  shops in every corner look there’s a f place over

There nice I’m loving the Chinatown area so far oh  Let’s cross you know what somebody told me that we   had to go to the Chinatown cultural Plaza as well  while we were here so uh maybe we can find that  

Area and we can finish the video there hello hi do  you know where we can find the Chinatown cultural   Plaza next block next block okay thank you so  much see thank you all right so let’s cross over  

One more block and we’ll check out the Chinatown  cultural Plaza and we’ll bring this video to an   end over in that way over in that direction now  the airport’s incredibly um Clos too that’s why  

You can hear the planes oh no that’s a wow that’s  a military jet look wow you guys can’t see that   but that is a military jet that just skyrocketed  into into the sky wow that is impressive yeah  

You can definitely hear all the G forces in N I  wonder if another one’s going to come up I would   love to film that for you with my phone man that  was sick n can’t see it anymore Koy what is a su  

Koy a plane oh really I’m bad with my planes  I don’t know planes I only know c17s and c130s   cuz I used to jump out of them but man that was  sick the noise is impressive you hear it after  

You see it yeah it’s amazing but yeah guys look  at these buildings here this one says the sumita   building 1926 the Lum yep key building this place  is gorgeous man all kinds of different markets oh   wow they got sugar cane juice across the street  oh my so um Chinatown actually became extremely  

Popular because of the well the whing district  right they brought in a bunch of Chinese merchants   and Chinese sellers on contracts um right after  the whing ended here in Hawaii to help work on   the on sugar plantations and once their contracts  expired here here on the mainland everybody kind  

Of like congregated into this this little area  that we’re in right now that’s known as Chinatown   and that’s how Chinatown became Chinatown um  yeah I’m I’m really bad at the history stuff   guys I kind of like read things and like you  know I’m one of those people that gladus and  

I are completely different because she can read  something one time and like with withhold all that   information me I kind of just like withhold bits  and pieces of all that information but essentially   um that’s how not only this Chinatown came to  be but also the chinatowns around America came  

To be same with um San Francisco New York City  um they all kind of have the same the same same   similar story so it’s Unique and you know what I’d  really like to visit all of the chinatowns in the  

US I think that’d be pretty damn cool that’d be a  cool series but it definitely takes some time to   cover all of that ground all right where’s the  Chinatown cultural Plaza oh it’s that building  

Right there oh it’s a building okay well that’s  not what I was expecting I don’t know what I was   expecting though to be honest something we Chinese  architector yeah I was expecting like to see like  

A temple or a shrine or something all right well  you know what um let me put the camera down for   a second guys let me get um let me figure out  where we are and let’s make our way over to the

Shrine the shrine let’s see oh we’re actually not  far from the shrine you know what um I got to I   got to put the camera down anyway because I got  to rechange the battery so let’s cross the street  

We’ll change the battery and then we’ll walk over  we’ll walk on over to the shrine and that’s what   we’ll bring this little video to an end I feel  like there’s still so much more we didn’t cover  

In Chinatown but you guys know how I like to  do it raw running gun and I also don’t want   to I don’t want to leave you guys with a two-hour  video even though I know a lot of you guys would  

Appreciate that I don’t want to leave you with the  2hour video because you know I know you guys got   things to do but let me know if you’re here at  this minute right now what minute are we at 41  

Minutes if you made it to 41 minutes say leave me  a comment and say and say Chris loves tacos that   way I know you made it here to 41 minutes and if  I see a Chris loves tacos comments I’m going to  

Leave it a Hearts well to be fair I leave hearts  on almost all the comments I get I appreciate you   guys so much all right enough Jib Jab let me  turn the camera off and uh swap the battery on  

Over all right got the battery changed and now  we’re walking alongside inside like a rivered   and I’m noticing that across the water there’s  actually all kinds of people gambling and playing   cards and I’m not sure what oh look these are  like Checker boards on the table so yeah this  

Must be an area where people come and yeah gamble  or play games now I’m also noticing that there’s   a lot of sketchy sketchy [ __ ] happening around  us like there’s a bunch of guys running with bags  

And like old men were coming up to them in like  little bags and they were like dumping boxes of I   don’t know medicine inside of their bags and like  changing money and then taking off in different   directions and I was like man are these people  selling like like medicine or something under  

The table like some black market stuff but who  knows um I just decided you know what you got to   be Street Smart in those situations it’s best to  turn the camera off so like I started filming and  

I was just like no you know what let me turn this  off like I’m not about to get I don’t know put   in the wrong situation at the wrong time and have  people think I’m trying to film whatever the hell  

They got going on so I was like you know what  camera’s camera goes off but we’re approaching   the shrine now and I think it might actually be  close looks like there’s a fence around it right

Now but yeah this area is is really unique it’s  nice to see because it got that old touch feel   and as you can see it’s super modern just on the  other side of Chinatown um where we’re staying  

At in wakiki is where the resorts and hotels  are all the Louis Vuitton her mess stores so   it’s nice to see this uh this side of the city  the contrast it’s great so yeah we definitely  

Made it to the shrine what does this say the  bell of Peace it says that this is the bell   of Peace presented to the City and County of  Honolulu by the city of hirosima to celebrate   the 25th anniversary of the sister cities  affiliation January 7th 1985 wow that was  

Donated to Honolulu by hirosima and this is  the shrine wow this is beautiful man this is awesome what is this a bamboo sink dude  don’t play with me oh what it’s censored   yeah it is censored no don’t play with me this  is awesome I want one of these at home a bamboo

Sink oh this is refreshing it’s so nice huh  yeah oh my God look at the signs thieves at   work oh thieves at work yeah we were  we’ve been told to um keep your eyes   on your belongings and to make sure you  don’t walk around with too many valuables  

Here on the streets but I mean that’s pretty  standard for any big city around the world   including one here in Paradise but yeah this  is the shrine wow this is beautiful I don’t   want to be too loud look at this they  put lays on the on the Guardians of the shrines

Wow very nice now I don’t want to go in there with  the camera on because yeah it’s a Rel believe it’s   a active religious Monument so I don’t really want  to go on in there but yeah guys the shrine super  

Nice let’s actually read if I can’t figure out any  any more information about this Shrine let’s see   um where am I right here okay a lot of tourists  though it says that the shrine the Shinto Shrine   of the no it doesn’t say anything about it okay  but it’s beautiful nonetheless it’s beautiful  

All right well you know what guys I think with  our visit to the shrine and our visits around   Chinatown I think I’m going to bring this video  to an end now I barely scratch the surface of   Chinatown Chinatown is one of those places you  can spend the entire day we’re actually about  

To walk back over in that direction right now now  maybe get some ice cream relax but um definitely   one of those places worth visiting now do you  keep in mind um you got to be pretty careful  

Right there’s like a lot of um crazies running  around um so keep an eye on your belongings and   please come here with someone else that way you  know you’re safe walking around the area I would   say it’s overall a safe place but um there are  some crazies when we first arrived before we  

Even took off the camera when we made it off the  bus actually good information you can make make it   from W Kiki to here on the number two bus or you  number two bus for $3 per person but as soon as  

We got off the bus this guy is like there there’s  these two guys arguing and one of the guys is like   put that [ __ ] knife away like dude whooped out  a knife and was like I don’t know threatened the  

Guy and like they were fighting but I was like  [ __ ] dude this dude’s about to get stabbed   here but yeah it was crazy so be be smart be smart  come out here with your friends stay in a group I  

Mean you’re in a big city you’re in a capital  city of a state just like you’re in a capital   city of of any other country there’s some crime  so um be safe be smart and enjoy Hawaii I’ll see  

You guys again soon for another video now give  me my shirt I think it’s time to go to the beach   beach coconut Hawaii shirts let’s go let’s do it  thank you for joining me thank you [Music] always

Video “Filipinos Have Made Chinatown in Honolulu Home 🇺🇸 (Hawaii)” was uploaded on 01/07/2024. Watch all the latest Videos by Travelwithchris on Gretopia