I got to go to Honolulu once, about 5 years ago. Loved it. This walk was really nice and brought back some memories of my visit. I like your stories. Even the sad ones. Glad you're still here to share them with us. I've struggled with suicidal depression since I was a teen (50 now). It's not easy. Mental health needs to be talked about more. It's nothing to be ashamed of and it isn't our fault. Emotional pain is as bad as physical. People say suicide is selfish. I say we need understanding and compassion. Humans will consider anything that will stop pain that seems unending and hopeless. Hugs to you, and everyone who is struggling.
Thanks for your share. I agree mental health is something that shouldn't be neglected because we all have and will experience a mental health type of event or episode in our lives. To all those reading this I empathize having experienced depression and now doing much better. Wishing you a good moment and a consistently better days ahead
I think it means a lot when you show a significant other where you grew up and lived. Our family recently went to the SF Bay Area where my husband grew up. He was able to see his childhood best friend before he past away. It meant so much to me.more than my husband realizes.It’s all pieces to life’s puzzle.
I grew up in Moiliili too! My dad owned an apartment building around the corner from Hono Hale Towers. I attended Kuhio Elementary, Washington Intermediate, and Kaimuki High. I remember the overpass and the stream near Kaimuki HS. My father's family have their ashes in Moiliili Cemetary. I remember when Kokua Market was called Moiliili Store. I think the place near Kaimuki HS that served burgers and plate lunches was called Bea's Drive Inn. Such fond memories! Thank you for the video.🥰
Aloha 🌺 Grew up in Moiliili too! Went to Kuhio Elementary, Washington Intermediate, Kaimuki High! Used to play in that stream too, it was beautiful back in the day! TFS! 🥰
I wasn't going to post a comment, because everyone else seems to have echoed the same sentiments I felt and wished to express while watching this video. But I wanted to say thank you so much for sharing these vulnerable moments with us. I too have attempted suicide, and am also part of the LGBTQ+ community, and I feel the two topics often intersect. To hear not only about your struggles, but your cherished friendships, and even about the magazine was so touching. Thank you again, for sharing so much of yourself with us. I love and look forward to every one of your videos, on all your channels. I hope that if you are ever in a dark place like that again, your partner will be there for you, and that you will continue to stay strong and love/be true to yourself. I'm cheering you both on, always! ❤
It's wonderful to be able to retrace your childhood memories ❤️ with Satoshi so special. Thank you Shinichi for sharing this walking experience with us. Story time with you is always fun and interesting. May you have a blessed day ...... 💛💛💛
Love this fun nostalgic video!!! I grew up in the McCully area near Waiola Shave Ice behind the Old Stadium Park. Love hearing your neighborhood stories and thankful that you still here to share them!!! 😊
Loved your walk down memory lane! That large apartment complex with the shops on the bottom used to be University Square. Back in the 70’s there was a small drugstore in that complex, I used to go there as a kid to buy candy and Richie Rich comics😊
I really appreciated your personal take on the area in this video. Having first visited Oahu in 1975, so much of what you chose to share brought back memories from the first time I visited with my Grandmother. Definitely was a magical time.
Hi Shinichi, missed the Livestream as I was at work unfortunately. Enjoyed seeing your old neighbourhood where you grew up and listening to your stories both happy ones and sad ones. Great respect to you my friend for being so open and honest about your time living there. Arigato for sharing this walk with us , take care both of you. 👍😀
As a 7 year old kid I lived across Kapiolani Blvd. from Kaimuki High School in the mid 1950's, then at Atherton House YMCA for several years while attending UH, then in a condo near Kapiolani & Date St. several years ago before moving away from Hawaii. Watching your video brought back fond memories from several stages of my life. Thanks for posting it. :)
We're the same age and I moved from Korea the same time you did. Moved at 12 years old to Washington. I visited my old Liliha neighborhood at 25, and it was changed only a bit! Than at 55 I revisited my old Liliha neighborhood again, once again a few changes. It was fantastic to revisit, I understand how special this walk was for you. I really loved my childhood in Oahu, we were poor and struggled but we had a lot of freedom. Luke recently did a video of the pond that was in my old neighborhood, that was surreal! This vid was so fun for me, thanks!
I'm so glad you shared your past with us. I grew up as an Army Brat I recently found out the high school. Frankfurt American High School is no long there. Then the 97th General Medical Center my first duty assignment is no longer. Swiping tears away. I'm so happy your here. HUGS to you both! JoAnn Sigby
I’m a proud graduate of Heidelberg American High School, and we were rivals with Frankfurt in football and basketball. Sadly, Heidelberg also shut down, but our High School Association still sponsors reunions there about every five years. (They’re having a reunion this July). Germany was a fabulous place to spend my youth; so many good friends and precious memories…
Hi ya fellow Military Brat! I went to Frankfurt but I actually graduated Fort Knox Went to Jr High Geissen. Elementary in Schweinfurt. I went to elementary Fort Hood. I loved Germany. Lotsa good memories!
We spent 3 years in Wurzberg, Germany (deep in Bavaria), then Dad was stationed at Fort Jay, Governor’s Island, New York, NY, then back to Germany for 4 more years in Heidelberg. Then home to Hawaii. But there are no German restaurants in the islands!😢
OMG MY first duty AIT Trippler! LOVED Hawaii! I joined Army to travel. I was top 10 at Ft Sam Houston so I got to pick my hands on training Hawaii!!! They didn't offer Alaska. I'm an Alaskan Native who's NEVER been to Alaska! I speak German my other half is German descent who doesn't speak German! He did go to Alaska while in Navy! Lol
Even I have only lived on Oahu for a bit over 21 years, with changes happened, some places disappeared here and there, I miss the good-old-days neighborhood 🥲 Glad Fukuya Delicatessen & Kokua Market survive! 👍
Mahalo Shinichi for taking that walk. I also went to Kuhio Elementary for a couple of years. That cemetary is also where father, uncle and grandparents are. So it's not just Japanese families that are there as it also includes many, many Okinawan families. You were talking about Bea's Drive Inn that is no longer there. And no, I wasn't bored because it brought back many memories for me. Mahalo again!
That's my old hanabata days stomping grounds. So many memories, so sad a lot of the stores and eating places not there anymore...Mahalo for taking us around
Shinichi what an awesome episode! Where you grew up and hung around in is the same exact areas I frequented or see now. Behind Kokua Market sitting area is a newer, I think. We hung out at Puck's Alley at Captain Video, Campus Cue, got french fries from L&L with BBQ sauce on it, and playing cards in the stairwells that smelled like shi shi (gross right lol)! I had friends that lived behind Kokua Market/Kuhio Elementary area too. I also went to Kuhio Elementary for only one year, for kindergarten (we are 6 years apart maybe we were there same time lol). Sorry about your friend thatʻs very sad and Iʻm glad you got to see him before his passing. That graveyard is where my wifeʻs side of the family is at and yes I believe the Moʻiliʻili cemetery sign is new. I went to Kaimuki H.S. when I wasnʻt cutting out of class lol! I think the food place across from Kaimuki H.S. was called Beaʻs Drive in. A bunch of us one time got kick out of there by the police because we were sitting at the tables after school and not buying anything ooops! I remember the food was good! I like how Satoshi appreciates everything and i think that's the day I saw you two walking in front of Market City! Thanks for another awesome episode!!! =)
Don't feel so bad, you make me feel old. I probably have ten times more stories than you about this area. Anything you want to talk about. I moved here behind Campus Cue in "65, when downstairs from Campus Cue was a beatnik bar called " The Blue Goose". That place reeked with the smell of alcohol, where they always had live bebop jazz playing there. Oh, and I just wanted to correct my earlier post about Kokua Market; I may be wrong on this since it was so long ago but I always remembered it as " Kokua Country Foods". I think it used to be just a hole in the wall kind of shop behind University Pharmacy across the street where not too many people went to except maybe "hippie" types who were into supplements and organic type foods. But those kinds of things moved from the fringe to the mainstream today as you can clearly see. Moiliili Store was still there at the crosswalk and Fukuya was just another hole in the wall place right across the street next to Kuhio Grill at the traffic light. Cecilio and Kapono used to always play in the parking lot for free at Puck's Alley in the early '70s when I used to talk to Cecilio all the time when he used to hang out there. And for Shinichi, I remember when behind Kuhio School used to be just a bunch of old houses and dirt roads with a big meadow with Quonset huts where your friend's buildings used to be. My old friends used to live there and hang out in and do drugs in a place we used to call " the hut". And Bea's Drive Inn used to be a place where my friends used to work, one of them was gay. Sometimes we used to hang out with him and his gay friends. I also remember Bea very well. She was a nice lady. Oh, and another thing for Shinichi; next to Zippy's was Daiamond Bakery. The one that made the crackers and sweet bread was where the parking lot is now. The one and only Zippy's that existed then next to Washington Intermediate School. When Zippy's was only known for their big burgers, you remember when it was held together with the big toothpick stuck in the middle. I don't remember plate lunches then. You remember Zippy's with the big rotating sign on the pole next to the street with the flashing yellow neon light bulbs all around the sign? Maybe Diamond Bakery moved and was torn down by 1971 but it was still going during the days of the Three Dog Night and The Fabulous Five Basketball team at the University of Hawaii in '68, '69 and maybe 1970, and the Diamond Head Crater Festivals with all kinds of bands like Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and Tower of Power.
Glad you got to share this part of your childhood with Satoshi. I was thinking that for the both of you, if you had not been raised in Hawaii, the two of you may have never met in Japan. Funny how life works. Such a lovely video.
Das war für mich ein richtig bewegendes Video. Zu sehen wo du aufgewachsen bist und ein paar Storys aus deiner Kindheit und Jugend zu hören. Vielen Dank Shinishi, dass du das mit uns geteilt hast. 🙏🏼🌸🥰
so awesome... I also went to Island Paradise then to Lunalilo then Washington then graduated from Kaimuki, thanks for this video. I really miss home and cant wait to visit again
I attended UH in the late nineties, and spent time at Puck's Alley and the surrounding area, so this video was nostalgic. It was interesting to see what's still there twenty years later and what's new, like that large building across from Puck's Alley. I wish I had adventured out more while living there, as I had never even been to Kokua Market. Thanks for taking us along on your walk!
Thank you for taking us on the walk and sharing your experiences. Not boring at all. I have fond memories of Puck's Alley; watching the martial arts class on the top floor, dining at Chinese Menu and then Baskin-n-Robbins, drinking at Mama Mia's and Moose's. Maybe next year I will be able to visit with my girlfriend and show her where I grew up and see what memories come flooding back.
Thank you so much for sharing this video! I grew up on Kuilei Street and went to Kuhio. Honestly, this video made my day cause it brings back amazing memories! Mahalo 🤙
It was fun to get a tour of your area from the past. Thank you for sharing so many great memories both sad and happy. I had to laugh at the magazine part and my heart felt for you about your friend and your troubles when you were younger. I am so happy you are here today! You help me tour japan and it feel slike i have a friend showing me around all the time! You both are wonderful and so glad I follow your many channels !
Great walk down memory lane. It is so amazing to be able to share childhood and youthful memories and to see old places that formed who you are today. I truly enjoyed the memories and the stories. Thank you for sharing!
That building you showed where you said there was a fire was my old apartment Iolani Terrance which was ages ago before it got turned into a college dorm afterwards. Pucks alley was my hang out after school, I remembered there was carnival carnival, captain arcade and kaimuki cue and the building across street before it was a condo/canes was another hangout atop the third floor another billiard game room with some gambling machines, the old post office, round table pizza, a very short lived night club and CP bank. Not to mention the old varsity theaters close to UH. Man, that area was low key at the time and I still wish it was the same but now it's... meh, lol. I enjoyed your walk through memory lane, this does brings back some old memories. Wish you the best and thank you for sharing.
What a small world and what a great walk down memory lane! My daughter and I used to live on Date St. in one of those old wooden apartment buildings you were looking at on the overpass, then we moved to just behind Puck's Alley. She went to Kuhio Elementary too and the daycare that was just before it, so we shopped at Kokua Market all the time! I had forgotten about that. There was also a pharmacy (Rexall maybe?) that was on the corner of King and University that carried all the Sanrio and other Japanese stationary and candy before it was mainstream. I think where the ramen shop is now, there was either a Hawaiian or Korean restaurant. My grandmother owned an okazuya (Hisago) across the street from Mo'ili'ili Library. Also I spent a lot of time in the gay bars before I had my daughter and had a good friend who also was one of the first in Hawaii to pass from AIDS, so my condolences.
My great-grandparents (emigrated to Hawai'i from Okinawa and worked the sugar plantation fields), and grandparents are in that cemetery and i've been there many times. Thank you for taking us on a tour of your old neighborhood.
just want to say....My Wife and I watch Tabi Eats all the time and just wanted to say thanks for putting out great videos! we'll be in Honolulu Wednesday...hopefully we bump into you both!!
It's always fun yet strange to go back to places you lived or remembered as a child, as you have a tendency to try to remember what used to be on each street and corner and notice all the changes that take place.
Bit late to comment, but thank you so much for sharing your early life story and neighbourhood with us. We don't think it's boring at all! Quite the opposite, it's fascinating to hear and see your Hawaiian life in the 70s and early 80s. These are places mostly hidden to us as visitors to Honolulu, so it's wonderful that you chose to share with us. Thank you, and God bless.
Good for you that your neighborhood didn't change much whereas where I grew up has completely changed with houses before now a flyover highway and most houses has been changed. Thank you for sharing.
The new building across Puck's Alley was an L-shape building. Top floor had a pool hall. Fukuya is one of the old school okuzuya. Many okuzuya sadly closed. The buildings on King street hasn't changed, just the stores. Island Paradise school was renovated into apartments. I have relatives in the Moiliili Cemetery. Yeah! We roller skated in Waikiki back then, way back then. I grew in the McCully and Moiliili districts. The place that really changed and is still happening is by Ala Moana Shopping Center and Kakaako district. Million dollar condos are sprouting.
I really appreciate your videos. I'm in a not so good place myself now. Didn't expect to see some shots of where my grandma went to high school, very cool!
💖💖 Keep going xx all storms will pass and they make us stronger. One way to manage life is living one moment at a time. Believe that your situation will change, as will your thoughts and feelings and the people around you, and have faith that you do deserve good things because you are a good person. You being here to shine support and thanks on the channel despite the current fog tells me so. Excuse me for rambling on, just wanted to give a big virtual hug and hopefully some assurance that it will get better. You're a part of this Shinichi's World extended family and you matter to us. Holding you in thoughts and prayers 🥰
I think that river you crossed in this video was where Palolo and Mahoa (I'm not sure I have the names right) converged. I recall that the area going towards the ocean was pretty marshy, but they built a canal and drained more land. I was about the same age as you when we moved to Hawaii, but twenty years before! My elementary school--which I loved--was Queen Lili'uokalani over in Kaimuki, and we lived in the most northwesterly house up on Maunalani. Mama went back to visit several times over the decades following our return to the Mainland, but she always maintained that I should not return as the changes would make me very unhappy. Mama knows best, I guess, but I have many moments of sharp nostalgic longings for my blessed Hawaii.
I miss my hometown I probably won't know where I live at things changed so much can't wait to go back home and see how it's now mahalo for sharing your memories with us ☺️
Wow!! This is SO surreal, these were also my stomping grounds as a kid/teenager, and then later in my early 20s. What a flash!! I couldn't figure out where you were until you crossed the bridge and there was Diamond Head as a point of reference. Then, I realized I knew exactly where you were, almost 30 years later. For whatever reason the UA-cam algorithm brought me here, I am so glad it did. Thank you for sharing your stories. Brought back choke memories of my own.
Great video. Thank you for sharing your neighborhood with us. It’s amazing how things look, or what we remember as a child, and then to see it from an adult perspective. Take care & hugs from Spokane Washington!
I loved this video, made me a little home sick. I grew up on the big island, but my mom was raised up in kapahulu. It's been a sometime since I've been back, so it meant a lot to the the old neighborhoods. Thank you so much guys for that trip down memory lane.
Omg! We lived off of Kalakaua Ave growing up but in my teens we moved to Moilili and we lived on Kahuna Lane. In fact my parents still live there to this day. I didn’t know that there was a residential building across from Kokua Market! Whenever we would point our finger at the Japanese graveyard, we would bite our finger after! It’s like nothing has changed! It’s funny you mentioned throwing papers in Moilili because I had a morning paper route in back of where Star Market used to be. Thanks for this because I’m going to show my sis and friend your video! I haven’t been home in years and your video bought back a lot of memories for me too 😁🤙🏼
I've been watching a lot of Hawaii videos because I have a lot of friends there and want to visit someday, maybe 2-3 years from now. I know that Hawaii is going through a water criss and don't want to add to that by visiting now. Thank you for sharing this video with us, I feel like it's one of the only ways I can visit or see Hawaii until I'm ready to go there.
Your view of Honolulu, is refreshing. I am a Westside/Leeward side. Gotta love the beach and a little bit of country...have fun, and cannot wait for your next video.😊❤️
I’m a haole, but I was born in Japan. In 1970 my family moved to Hawai’i when I was 7. I attended 4th and 5th grade at Kaimuki Christian School, and 6th through 12th grade at Iolani. So I was often in the same area at the same time. I now live in Florida and your videos give me so much nostalgia. Mahalo and arigato gozaimasu!
Your memories brought back some for me as well… Grew up in Makiki/Punchbowl areas, I delivered papers as well.(Honolulu Advertiser) Cool stuff! なつかしな。。。
Aloha Satoshi and Shinichi good to see you y'all enjoying your vacation awesome thanks for sharing this video stay safe and take care 😘😘❤️👍🥰🤩😍🥰🦄🐈💝👌🌸🌼🌻😊
I also grew up in Honolulu in the 70s. I appreciate your experiences. I grew up in similar areas also. Right now watching your video while on the mainland, i cant help but notice how bright and vivid, colorful it is compared to where im at. We were blessed.
Thank you for showing King St. Bro. I used to live there from 1978 to 1990 and I lived all around the Oahu island, you name it, And no, don't worry that's the safest place to live in the U,S.A., Hawaii is a pretty safe and tranquile places to live. No matter what island you are. Sure, there are places that you have no know and where to go because as in any other place, are places that are rough people. OK! But all the time I was there I never worried about going anyplace. Appreciate this video! Take care!!!
1:36 That's the new UH dorm building,There were two buildings in that area, one use to be a commercial 3 story building with a parking lot in front of it and the other was a small single story building with a bank and little Cesar's.
That neighborhood you werenʻt sure about by the over walk is Kapahulu. I spent most of my childhood there. Went to Kaimuki High School. My best friend lived in those apartments right at the base of the stairway.
The new building across pucks alley ,there used to be a four or five story business building with parking lot at bottom and a pool hall called University Cue
HELLO SO COOL 2 take Us in Ur neighborhood & SO SORRY about Ur FRIEND & AMAZINGLY enough telling UR & HIS STORY LIGHTENS HIS LIFE PLUMERIA {THANK U 4 SHOWING I NEVER KNEW IT GREW THAT WAY; I THOUGHT from a BUSH not a 🌳} AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL THANK U 4 SHARING ❤
My friends and I used to go to Pucks Alley. There was Taco Hut on King Street and Mr. Sub's on University Ave. It's sad that University Square is gone.
I’m a brah from HI. I went to UH, back in the day Puck’s Alley was happening. There was Chinese Menu, across the street Bangkok Garden that served the spiciest Ong Choi, Moose McGilly Cuddy’s served burgers, Pizza n beer n their Parmesan smelt like “dog backside” was what my roommate, Gerald, always said till today.This was just in the 80s. On Wailaea there was a adult porno theatre where u can sit there for hours on end, I remember I watched High School Fever n Amanda by Night with Marilyn Chambers. I sat for 6 hrs. Remember Star Supermarket? Thank u for the memories, guys.
Thank you, good for you to go back,I had same feeling went back to old school.good to see Hawai again,haven’t been back 35 years ormore
This walk seems to have brought back a lot of happy memories but also some very sad ones. Glad you're still with us, Shinichi.
I got to go to Honolulu once, about 5 years ago. Loved it. This walk was really nice and brought back some memories of my visit. I like your stories. Even the sad ones. Glad you're still here to share them with us. I've struggled with suicidal depression since I was a teen (50 now). It's not easy. Mental health needs to be talked about more. It's nothing to be ashamed of and it isn't our fault. Emotional pain is as bad as physical. People say suicide is selfish. I say we need understanding and compassion. Humans will consider anything that will stop pain that seems unending and hopeless. Hugs to you, and everyone who is struggling.
Thanks for your share. I agree mental health is something that shouldn't be neglected because we all have and will experience a mental health type of event or episode in our lives. To all those reading this I empathize having experienced depression and now doing much better. Wishing you a good moment and a consistently better days ahead
I think it means a lot when you show a significant other where you grew up and lived. Our family recently went to the SF Bay Area where my husband grew up. He was able to see his childhood best friend before he past away. It meant so much to me.more than my husband realizes.It’s all pieces to life’s puzzle.
My day was so horrible but every time I watch your videos I can relax a little. I want to say a big thank you for that. Keep it up!
I grew up in Moiliili too! My dad owned an apartment building around the corner from Hono Hale Towers. I attended Kuhio Elementary, Washington Intermediate, and Kaimuki High. I remember the overpass and the stream near Kaimuki HS. My father's family have their ashes in Moiliili Cemetary.
I remember when Kokua Market was called Moiliili Store. I think the place near Kaimuki HS that served burgers and plate lunches was called Bea's Drive Inn.
Such fond memories! Thank you for the video.🥰
Moilili Store!! Mahalo for clearing up my makule brain. I only remembered that it wasn't called Kokua Market back in the day.
@@score2high Makule brain. Lol! I can relate.😄
Your honesty is almost overwhelming. So few people are willing to be so open with the world. Thank you!!
Aloha 🌺 Grew up in Moiliili too! Went to Kuhio Elementary, Washington Intermediate, Kaimuki High! Used to play in that stream too, it was beautiful back in the day! TFS! 🥰
Thanks for the neighborhood tour. I'm from Honolulu and spent my teenage years haunting this neighborhood and this video helped with my homesickness.
I wasn't going to post a comment, because everyone else seems to have echoed the same sentiments I felt and wished to express while watching this video. But I wanted to say thank you so much for sharing these vulnerable moments with us. I too have attempted suicide, and am also part of the LGBTQ+ community, and I feel the two topics often intersect. To hear not only about your struggles, but your cherished friendships, and even about the magazine was so touching. Thank you again, for sharing so much of yourself with us. I love and look forward to every one of your videos, on all your channels. I hope that if you are ever in a dark place like that again, your partner will be there for you, and that you will continue to stay strong and love/be true to yourself. I'm cheering you both on, always! ❤
It's wonderful to be able to retrace your childhood memories ❤️ with Satoshi so special. Thank you Shinichi for sharing this walking experience with us. Story time with you is always fun and interesting. May you have a blessed day ...... 💛💛💛
Love this fun nostalgic video!!! I grew up in the McCully area near Waiola Shave Ice behind the Old Stadium Park. Love hearing your neighborhood stories and thankful that you still here to share them!!! 😊
Loved your walk down memory lane! That large apartment complex with the shops on the bottom used to be University Square. Back in the 70’s there was a small drugstore in that complex, I used to go there as a kid to buy candy and Richie Rich comics😊
I really appreciated your personal take on the area in this video. Having first visited Oahu in 1975, so much of what you chose to share brought back memories from the first time I visited with my Grandmother. Definitely was a magical time.
Hi Shinichi, missed the Livestream as I was at work unfortunately. Enjoyed seeing your old neighbourhood where you grew up and listening to your stories both happy ones and sad ones. Great respect to you my friend for being so open and honest about your time living there. Arigato for sharing this walk with us , take care both of you. 👍😀
As a 7 year old kid I lived across Kapiolani Blvd. from Kaimuki High School in the mid 1950's, then at Atherton House YMCA for several years while attending UH, then in a condo near Kapiolani & Date St. several years ago before moving away from Hawaii. Watching your video brought back fond memories from several stages of my life. Thanks for posting it. :)
We're the same age and I moved from Korea the same time you did. Moved at 12 years old to Washington. I visited my old Liliha neighborhood at 25, and it was changed only a bit! Than at 55 I revisited my old Liliha neighborhood again, once again a few changes. It was fantastic to revisit, I understand how special this walk was for you. I really loved my childhood in Oahu, we were poor and struggled but we had a lot of freedom. Luke recently did a video of the pond that was in my old neighborhood, that was surreal! This vid was so fun for me, thanks!
I'm so glad you shared your past with us. I grew up as an Army Brat I recently found out the high school. Frankfurt American High School is no long there. Then the 97th General Medical Center my first duty assignment is no longer. Swiping tears away. I'm so happy your here. HUGS to you both! JoAnn Sigby
I’m a proud graduate of Heidelberg American High School, and we were rivals with Frankfurt in football and basketball. Sadly, Heidelberg also shut down, but our High School Association still sponsors reunions there about every five years. (They’re having a reunion this July). Germany was a fabulous place to spend my youth; so many good friends and precious memories…
Hi ya fellow Military Brat! I went to Frankfurt but I actually graduated Fort Knox Went to Jr High Geissen. Elementary in Schweinfurt. I went to elementary Fort Hood. I loved Germany. Lotsa good memories!
We spent 3 years in Wurzberg, Germany (deep in Bavaria), then Dad was stationed at Fort Jay, Governor’s Island, New York, NY, then back to Germany for 4 more years in Heidelberg. Then home to Hawaii. But there are no German restaurants in the islands!😢
OMG MY first duty AIT Trippler! LOVED Hawaii! I joined Army to travel. I was top 10 at Ft Sam Houston so I got to pick my hands on training Hawaii!!! They didn't offer Alaska. I'm an Alaskan Native who's NEVER been to Alaska! I speak German my other half is German descent who doesn't speak German! He did go to Alaska while in Navy! Lol
Brah, I use live on North King Street. Pua Lane to be exact. My apartment was right across Mayor Wrights Housing. Memories.
Even I have only lived on Oahu for a bit over 21 years, with changes happened, some places disappeared here and there, I miss the good-old-days neighborhood 🥲 Glad Fukuya Delicatessen & Kokua Market survive! 👍
Shinichi, thank you for sharing your past and all that you do. You bring a beautiful light into the world with your
warm and kind presence.
ahh mahalo for the video! born and raised on oahu and been away in the mainland for 25 years now... always nice to see home... stay Blessed... Aloha!
Mahalo Shinichi for taking that walk. I also went to Kuhio Elementary for a couple of years. That cemetary is also where father, uncle and grandparents are. So it's not just Japanese families that are there as it also includes many, many Okinawan families.
You were talking about Bea's Drive Inn that is no longer there. And no, I wasn't bored because it brought back many memories for me. Mahalo again!
That's my old hanabata days stomping grounds. So many memories, so sad a lot of the stores and eating places not there anymore...Mahalo for taking us around
Literally all right down the road from me! So nice to see you showing Satoshi where you grew up. So special 💕
I grew up there too! I love seeing your videos in Japan and back home in Hawaii. Take care and stay safe.
Just finished rewatching the parts I missed earlier - wow those are some really sad stories x.x I'm glad things are better for you now
Shinichi what an awesome episode! Where you grew up and hung around in is the same exact areas I frequented or see now. Behind Kokua Market sitting area is a newer, I think. We hung out at Puck's Alley at Captain Video, Campus Cue, got french fries from L&L with BBQ sauce on it, and playing cards in the stairwells that smelled like shi shi (gross right lol)! I had friends that lived behind Kokua Market/Kuhio Elementary area too. I also went to Kuhio Elementary for only one year, for kindergarten (we are 6 years apart maybe we were there same time lol). Sorry about your friend thatʻs very sad and Iʻm glad you got to see him before his passing. That graveyard is where my wifeʻs side of the family is at and yes I believe the Moʻiliʻili cemetery sign is new. I went to Kaimuki H.S. when I wasnʻt cutting out of class lol! I think the food place across from Kaimuki H.S. was called Beaʻs Drive in. A bunch of us one time got kick out of there by the police because we were sitting at the tables after school and not buying anything ooops! I remember the food was good! I like how Satoshi appreciates everything and i think that's the day I saw you two walking in front of Market City! Thanks for another awesome episode!!! =)
That L&L had the best french fries! They catered my wedding!
@@ichielive oh cool!!!
You said Campus Cue! I haven’t heard that in decades!
Don't feel so bad, you make me feel old. I probably have ten times more stories than you about this area. Anything you want to talk about. I moved here behind Campus Cue in "65, when downstairs from Campus Cue was a beatnik bar called " The Blue Goose". That place reeked with the smell of alcohol, where they always had live bebop jazz playing there. Oh, and I just wanted to correct my earlier post about Kokua Market; I may be wrong on this since it was so long ago but I always remembered it as " Kokua Country Foods". I think it used to be just a hole in the wall kind of shop behind University Pharmacy across the street where not too many people went to except maybe "hippie" types who were into supplements and organic type foods. But those kinds of things moved from the fringe to the mainstream today as you can clearly see. Moiliili Store was still there at the crosswalk and Fukuya was just another hole in the wall place right across the street next to Kuhio Grill at the traffic light. Cecilio and Kapono used to always play in the parking lot for free at Puck's Alley in the early '70s when I used to talk to Cecilio all the time when he used to hang out there. And for Shinichi, I remember when behind Kuhio School used to be just a bunch of old houses and dirt roads with a big meadow with Quonset huts where your friend's buildings used to be. My old friends used to live there and hang out in and do drugs in a place we used to call " the hut". And Bea's Drive Inn used to be a place where my friends used to work, one of them was gay. Sometimes we used to hang out with him and his gay friends. I also remember Bea very well. She was a nice lady. Oh, and another thing for Shinichi; next to Zippy's was Daiamond Bakery. The one that made the crackers and sweet bread was where the parking lot is now. The one and only Zippy's that existed then next to Washington Intermediate School. When Zippy's was only known for their big burgers, you remember when it was held together with the big toothpick stuck in the middle. I don't remember plate lunches then. You remember Zippy's with the big rotating sign on the pole next to the street with the flashing yellow neon light bulbs all around the sign? Maybe Diamond Bakery moved and was torn down by 1971 but it was still going during the days of the Three Dog Night and The Fabulous Five Basketball team at the University of Hawaii in '68, '69 and maybe 1970, and the Diamond Head Crater Festivals with all kinds of bands like Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and Tower of Power.
So happy y’all got to spend time with family and enjoy your old neighborhood.
Thanks for taking us along
Shinichi, thanks for taking us back to your old neighborhood! It's always nice to visit places from your childhood.
Glad you got to share this part of your childhood with Satoshi. I was thinking that for the both of you, if you had not been raised in Hawaii, the two of you may have never met in Japan. Funny how life works. Such a lovely video.
Das war für mich ein richtig bewegendes Video. Zu sehen wo du aufgewachsen bist und ein paar Storys aus deiner Kindheit und Jugend zu hören.
Vielen Dank Shinishi, dass du das mit uns geteilt hast. 🙏🏼🌸🥰
so awesome... I also went to Island Paradise then to Lunalilo then Washington then graduated from Kaimuki, thanks for this video. I really miss home and cant wait to visit again
You're the first person that mentioned lunalilo I went there. Memories memories
Thank you for sharing a part of your life.
I attended UH in the late nineties, and spent time at Puck's Alley and the surrounding area, so this video was nostalgic. It was interesting to see what's still there twenty years later and what's new, like that large building across from Puck's Alley. I wish I had adventured out more while living there, as I had never even been to Kokua Market. Thanks for taking us along on your walk!
Just curious, are you related to Clyde?
@@score2high Nope, I've gotten that question before. =)
@@mauison Mahalo for answering. I'm guessing you got that question a lot if you went to KHS, since he was coaching there.
Thank you for taking us on the walk and sharing your experiences. Not boring at all. I have fond memories of Puck's Alley; watching the martial arts class on the top floor, dining at Chinese Menu and then Baskin-n-Robbins, drinking at Mama Mia's and Moose's. Maybe next year I will be able to visit with my girlfriend and show her where I grew up and see what memories come flooding back.
Thank you for taking us with you. Very precious.
Thank you for this video and sharing all you happy and sad memories. I appreciate your openness and honesty. Thank you! 🥰
Thank you so much for sharing this video! I grew up on Kuilei Street and went to Kuhio. Honestly, this video made my day cause it brings back amazing memories! Mahalo 🤙
It was fun to get a tour of your area from the past. Thank you for sharing so many great memories both sad and happy. I had to laugh at the magazine part and my heart felt for you about your friend and your troubles when you were younger. I am so happy you are here today! You help me tour japan and it feel slike i have a friend showing me around all the time! You both are wonderful and so glad I follow your many channels !
Thank you so much for opening up your memories and emotions with us. I know visiting your old "stomping grounds" can do that. ❤
Great walk down memory lane. It is so amazing to be able to share childhood and youthful memories and to see old places that formed who you are today. I truly enjoyed the memories and the stories. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your childhood memories with us ShinChan. 🙏🏻💖 It was great to see all the places where your spent your younger days.
That building you showed where you said there was a fire was my old apartment Iolani Terrance which was ages ago before it got turned into a college dorm afterwards. Pucks alley was my hang out after school, I remembered there was carnival carnival, captain arcade and kaimuki cue and the building across street before it was a condo/canes was another hangout atop the third floor another billiard game room with some gambling machines, the old post office, round table pizza, a very short lived night club and CP bank. Not to mention the old varsity theaters close to UH. Man, that area was low key at the time and I still wish it was the same but now it's... meh, lol. I enjoyed your walk through memory lane, this does brings back some old memories. Wish you the best and thank you for sharing.
So glad you are still here and I'm very sure Satoshi is glad you are still here
Moiliili was my former neighborhood too (around 1973 to 1978). Thanks for the memories. ❤️
What a small world and what a great walk down memory lane! My daughter and I used to live on Date St. in one of those old wooden apartment buildings you were looking at on the overpass, then we moved to just behind Puck's Alley. She went to Kuhio Elementary too and the daycare that was just before it, so we shopped at Kokua Market all the time! I had forgotten about that. There was also a pharmacy (Rexall maybe?) that was on the corner of King and University that carried all the Sanrio and other Japanese stationary and candy before it was mainstream. I think where the ramen shop is now, there was either a Hawaiian or Korean restaurant. My grandmother owned an okazuya (Hisago) across the street from Mo'ili'ili Library. Also I spent a lot of time in the gay bars before I had my daughter and had a good friend who also was one of the first in Hawaii to pass from AIDS, so my condolences.
My great-grandparents (emigrated to Hawai'i from Okinawa and worked the sugar plantation fields), and grandparents are in that cemetery and i've been there many times. Thank you for taking us on a tour of your old neighborhood.
just want to say....My Wife and I watch Tabi Eats all the time and just wanted to say thanks for putting out great videos! we'll be in Honolulu Wednesday...hopefully we bump into you both!!
Thank you for sharing! That’s my neighborhood too. I grew up in Palolo.
It's always fun yet strange to go back to places you lived or remembered as a child, as you have a tendency to try to remember what used to be on each street and corner and notice all the changes that take place.
Bit late to comment, but thank you so much for sharing your early life story and neighbourhood with us. We don't think it's boring at all! Quite the opposite, it's fascinating to hear and see your Hawaiian life in the 70s and early 80s. These are places mostly hidden to us as visitors to Honolulu, so it's wonderful that you chose to share with us. Thank you, and God bless.
glad that you get to walk around and remember things blessings to you
This was awesome for me. I lived same area 1975 to 1990
Good for you that your neighborhood didn't change much whereas where I grew up has completely changed with houses before now a flyover highway and most houses has been changed. Thank you for sharing.
Aw that’s something for u to go back into ur memory lane aww
Your stories and walks are so awesome! Thank you for sharing! Much respect!
Thank you for sharing... Looking very nice being there in Hawaii.
The new building across Puck's Alley was an L-shape building. Top floor had a pool hall. Fukuya is one of the old school okuzuya. Many okuzuya sadly closed. The buildings on King street hasn't changed, just the stores. Island Paradise school was renovated into apartments. I have relatives in the Moiliili Cemetery. Yeah! We roller skated in Waikiki back then, way back then. I grew in the McCully and Moiliili districts. The place that really changed and is still happening is by Ala Moana Shopping Center and Kakaako district. Million dollar condos are sprouting.
Not boring at all. Thanks for sharing parts of your childhood. Yes, I remember rollerskating.lol
Down the memory lane, love it
Thanks for sharing your memories.
Thanks so much! Glad to see you again.
Thank you for sharing such a moving scope of personal memories. Enjoyed every moment of this walk!
I really appreciate your videos. I'm in a not so good place myself now.
Didn't expect to see some shots of where my grandma went to high school, very cool!
💖💖 Keep going xx all storms will pass and they make us stronger. One way to manage life is living one moment at a time. Believe that your situation will change, as will your thoughts and feelings and the people around you, and have faith that you do deserve good things because you are a good person. You being here to shine support and thanks on the channel despite the current fog tells me so. Excuse me for rambling on, just wanted to give a big virtual hug and hopefully some assurance that it will get better. You're a part of this Shinichi's World extended family and you matter to us. Holding you in thoughts and prayers 🥰
Lady Hawk, thank you.
I think that river you crossed in this video was where Palolo and Mahoa (I'm not sure I have the names right) converged. I recall that the area going towards the ocean was pretty marshy, but they built a canal and drained more land. I was about the same age as you when we moved to Hawaii, but twenty years before! My elementary school--which I loved--was Queen Lili'uokalani over in Kaimuki, and we lived in the most northwesterly house up on Maunalani. Mama went back to visit several times over the decades following our return to the Mainland, but she always maintained that I should not return as the changes would make me very unhappy. Mama knows best, I guess, but I have many moments of sharp nostalgic longings for my blessed Hawaii.
I know that whole area very well. I graduated from Kaimuki High School class of '71. I still live in Palolo Valley.
Love the chill vibe in Hawaii!
I miss my hometown I probably won't know where I live at things changed so much can't wait to go back home and see how it's now mahalo for sharing your memories with us ☺️
Wow!! This is SO surreal, these were also my stomping grounds as a kid/teenager, and then later in my early 20s. What a flash!! I couldn't figure out where you were until you crossed the bridge and there was Diamond Head as a point of reference. Then, I realized I knew exactly where you were, almost 30 years later. For whatever reason the UA-cam algorithm brought me here, I am so glad it did. Thank you for sharing your stories. Brought back choke memories of my own.
Thank you for watching!
Great video. Thank you for sharing your neighborhood with us. It’s amazing how things look, or what we remember as a child, and then to see it from an adult perspective. Take care & hugs from Spokane Washington!
Yup i learned rollerskating on my block in Brooklyn made learning ice-skating easier thanks for sharing ur childhood Shinichi.
Loved this. Thank you for sharing some of your history Shinichi!!
Thank you for watching
I loved this video, made me a little home sick. I grew up on the big island, but my mom was raised up in kapahulu. It's been a sometime since I've been back, so it meant a lot to the the old neighborhoods. Thank you so much guys for that trip down memory lane.
Omg! We lived off of Kalakaua Ave growing up but in my teens we moved to Moilili and we lived on Kahuna Lane. In fact my parents still live there to this day. I didn’t know that there was a residential building across from Kokua Market! Whenever we would point our finger at the Japanese graveyard, we would bite our finger after! It’s like nothing has changed! It’s funny you mentioned throwing papers in Moilili because I had a morning paper route in back of where Star Market used to be. Thanks for this because I’m going to show my sis and friend your video! I haven’t been home in years and your video bought back a lot of memories for me too 😁🤙🏼
I've been watching a lot of Hawaii videos because I have a lot of friends there and want to visit someday, maybe 2-3 years from now. I know that Hawaii is going through a water criss and don't want to add to that by visiting now. Thank you for sharing this video with us, I feel like it's one of the only ways I can visit or see Hawaii until I'm ready to go there.
I’m glad you come back home to visit you’re old home :))
OMG. I used to live there for a brief period of time! so many memories!
Your view of Honolulu, is refreshing. I am a Westside/Leeward side. Gotta love the beach and a little bit of country...have fun, and cannot wait for your next video.😊❤️
I’m a haole, but I was born in Japan. In 1970 my family moved to Hawai’i when I was 7. I attended 4th and 5th grade at Kaimuki Christian School, and 6th through 12th grade at Iolani. So I was often in the same area at the same time. I now live in Florida and your videos give me so much nostalgia. Mahalo and arigato gozaimasu!
really interesting video! Thanks for allow us to relive these memories!
Lovely walk, thank you for sharing! So nice to see where you grew up and learn a bit about Hawaii 🌺 So sorry about your friend who died. 🌿
Your memories brought back some for me as well…
Grew up in Makiki/Punchbowl areas, I delivered papers as well.(Honolulu Advertiser)
Cool stuff! なつかしな。。。
Oh that river … a creek off the Ala Wai canal? …
Great video! Really enjoyed it and your memories too! Thanks for taking us along.
Aloha Satoshi and Shinichi good to see you y'all enjoying your vacation awesome thanks for sharing this video stay safe and take care 😘😘❤️👍🥰🤩😍🥰🦄🐈💝👌🌸🌼🌻😊
I also grew up in Honolulu in the 70s. I appreciate your experiences. I grew up in similar areas also. Right now watching your video while on the mainland, i cant help but notice how bright and vivid, colorful it is compared to where im at. We were blessed.
Loved hearing your story thankyou ❤️
Thank you for showing King St. Bro. I used to live there from 1978 to 1990 and I lived all around the Oahu island, you name it, And no, don't worry that's the safest place to live in the U,S.A., Hawaii is a pretty safe and tranquile places to live. No matter what island you are. Sure, there are places that you have no know and where to go because as in any other place, are places that are rough people. OK! But all the time I was there I never worried about going anyplace. Appreciate this video! Take care!!!
Aloha from the big island. This brings back lots of memories from my many years living in Honolulu .
Thanks for this tour Hallelujah. I didn't know there were so many buildings in Hawaii.
I liked on Ali'ei Drive in the 80's. This brought back fantastic memories. Thank you
1:36 That's the new UH dorm building,There were two buildings in that area, one use to be a commercial 3 story building with a parking lot in front of it and the other was a small single story building with a bank and little Cesar's.
That neighborhood you werenʻt sure about by the over walk is Kapahulu. I spent most of my childhood there. Went to Kaimuki High School. My best friend lived in those apartments right at the base of the stairway.
The new building across pucks alley ,there used to be a four or five story business building with parking lot at bottom and a pool hall called University Cue
HELLO SO COOL 2 take Us in Ur neighborhood & SO SORRY about Ur FRIEND & AMAZINGLY enough telling UR & HIS STORY LIGHTENS HIS LIFE PLUMERIA {THANK U 4 SHOWING I NEVER KNEW IT GREW THAT WAY; I THOUGHT from a BUSH not a 🌳} AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL THANK U 4 SHARING ❤
I used to live in Hawai'i Kai from 1995-99. It is fun to walk around with you reminiscing.
Thank you for sharing a very nice video and your memories
Thankyou for sharing
Always love seeing when you are in neighborhoods that are special to you, and can’t wait to go back to Oahu myself!
My friends and I used to go to Pucks Alley. There was Taco Hut on King Street and Mr. Sub's on University Ave. It's sad that University Square is gone.
I’m a brah from HI. I went to UH, back in the day Puck’s Alley was happening. There was Chinese Menu, across the street Bangkok Garden that served the spiciest Ong Choi, Moose McGilly Cuddy’s served burgers, Pizza n beer n their Parmesan smelt like “dog backside” was what my roommate, Gerald, always said till today.This was just in the 80s. On Wailaea there was a adult porno theatre where u can sit there for hours on end, I remember I watched High School Fever n Amanda by Night with Marilyn Chambers. I sat for 6 hrs. Remember Star Supermarket? Thank u for the memories, guys.