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Neighborhood in Honolulu · Honolulu County

Chinatown

Chinatown’s markets and older commercial buildings sit beside Honolulu’s Downtown business core.

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The stone facade, red-framed windows and street lamp at the E. C. Winston Block on King Street in Honolulu’s Chinatown, photographed May 12, 2022.

E. C. Winston Block on King Street in Chinatown — May 2022

Market streets, Downtown bus access and nearby condominium living

About Chinatown

Chinatown’s markets and older commercial buildings sit beside Honolulu’s Downtown business core. Hotel Street buses, food shopping around Kekaulike Street and performances on Bethel Street shape everyday life; nearby Kukui district condominium towers offer a different housing setting from the historic core.

Historic streets and nearby condominium towers

Chinatown’s historic core combines commercial buildings and residential space near Honolulu Harbor. Much of its surviving architecture followed the 1900 fire. A home search here therefore involves older urban blocks, distinct from the large condominium complexes around the adjoining Kukui district.

Kukui Plaza, with its management address at 1255 Nuʻuanu Avenue, is one nearby mixed-use condominium example. Its owners’ association describes 908 condominium apartments, shops and a park for residents. The park belongs to the residential complex; it is not a public neighborhood park. The complex is in the adjoining Kukui district, outside Chinatown’s historic core.

Market shopping and a separate late grocery option

Oʻahu Market stands at North King and Kekaulike streets in a building dating to 1904. Together with Maunakea Marketplace, it gives Chinatown a daytime food-shopping circuit for produce, seafood and other ingredients. Lei makers, small shops and restaurants add other stops around these streets.

For a later supermarket shop, Safeway at 1360 Pali Highway is a separate destination beyond the historic market blocks. It posts daily hours of 5 a.m.–1 a.m. and lists grocery pickup and delivery; those services have their own booking windows. Store information was checked October 18, 2026.

Hotel Street service differs from Route 1L

TheBus Route 1 travels along Hotel Street in Downtown Honolulu and continues toward Waiʻalae Avenue in Kaimukī and Kāhala. Route 1L also serves the eastward corridor, but uses King Street eastbound and Beretania Street westbound through Downtown.

For a home near Chinatown’s market blocks, the local and limited-stop services can therefore mean different walks to a boarding stop. The current timetable, effective May 31, 2026, separates the services and lists weekday, Saturday and Sunday schedules. A bus that works for an outward trip may use another street on the way back.

Bethel Street performances and the evening district

Hawaii Theatre at 1130 Bethel Street brings concerts, stage productions and film to Chinatown’s eastern side. The 1922 building reopened after interior restoration in 1996. Its current calendar lists individual performances and ticket arrangements.

Chinatown also has bars, clubs and restaurants in its older buildings, so a market visit by day shows a different side from an evening on Bethel or Nuʻuanu. For someone considering a nearby home, a performance night is a useful occasion to experience the surrounding streets as well as the theatre.

Check these on a visit

Try these in person before you commit to an address in Chinatown.

  1. Follow Kekaulike Street to Oʻahu Market at North King Street.
  2. Locate the Hotel Street bus stops and the separate King/Beretania stops for Route 1L.
  3. Visit Bethel Street around a performance at Hawaii Theatre.

Neighborhoods and districts near Chinatown

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Schools near Chinatown

The 6 closest schools within 5 miles, including any outside the city. Being nearby does not mean a home is zoned for a school: confirm attendance zones with the school or district.

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Distances are approximate. They are straight lines from the centre of Chinatown, not travel distances, and a home at the edge of the area can be noticeably closer to or farther from a school.

Sources & data notesReferences, reporting periods, and how to use this information

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Statistics keep their reporting periods. Survey estimates are not current asking prices or quotes for an individual property. Displayed values are rounded.

Photo credits

  • E. C. Winston Block on King Street in Chinatown — May 2022