Chinatown
is really Chinatown, Honolulu, Hawaii
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
By day the game's Chinatown is busy with street vendors and produce markets; at night it is darker and rougher, under the neon tower of the Nirvana Coast Hotel. The developers told AUTOMATON that they scouted the real Chinatown for the game, including at night.
The real place
Honolulu's Chinatown grew up near the harbour in the 19th century, home to Chinese workers who had left the sugar plantations. It burned down in 1886 and again in 1900 and was rebuilt in the brick and stone low-rises you see today. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Visiting
Come in the morning for the markets and lei stands around King Street and Maunakea Street. On the first Friday evening of each month, the district's galleries, bars and shops stay open late for First Friday.
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