In these few blocks, you can get a tattoo, consult an herbalist, munch moon cakes or slurp a steaming bowl of pho , and there are plenty of temples, shrines, noodle factories, antique shops and art galleries to explore. The heart of Chinatown is along Maunakea St around N King and N Hotel Sts. Head south on N Hotel St and you'll be treated to a tour of Chinatown's seamiest side, with peepshows and nudie bars sporting evocative names like Club Hubba Hubba. Maunakea St. The River St Pedestrian Mall , three blocks north of Wo Fat, is lined with food stalls and old men playing mah jongg and checkers. Towards its eastern end is a Taoist temple and, just across Nuuanu Stream, a Shinto shrine .
Respectful visitors are welcome in both.
At the eastern end of the pedestrian mall on Chinatown's northern boundary is a former royal estate that now houses the city's finest greenbelt, the Foster Botanical Garden . Near the entrance is yet another worship spot, the ornate Buddhist Kuan Yin Temple . The main entrance to Chinatown is the Chinatown Gateway Plaza at S Hotel and Bethel Sts, five blocks north of Iolani Palace. The Bishop Museum is considered to be the best Polynesian anthropological museum in the world. Its Hawaiian Hall has three floors of exhibits documenting the islands' cultural history and includes among its treasures a feather cloak made for Kamehameha I, the king who first united the Hawaiian islands.