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Lost downtown, on foot
Fourteen scenes within a twenty-minute walk: London, Seoul, Sydney and Los Angeles, all in Chinatown and downtown Honolulu.
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1. Marin LaneFake snow for Bernard and Rose.Lost (2004–2010) · S2E19 “S.O.S.”HonoluluFree to visit10 minFree
2. Lower Nuʻuanu AvenueLondon: Desmond and the recruiting poster.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E4 “Walkabout” +2HonoluluFree to visit10 minFree
3. First Hawaiian Bank, ChinatownKate’s bank job.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E12 “Whatever the Case May Be”HonoluluFrom outside5 minFree to look
4. Fort Street at King StreetDesmond finds Charlie busking.Lost (2004–2010) · S3E8 “Flashes Before Your Eyes”HonoluluFree to visit10 minFree
5. Fort Street at Chapin LaneThe Thai night market where Jack follows Achara.Lost (2004–2010) · S3E9 “Stranger in a Strange Land”HonoluluFree to visit5 minFree
6. First Hawaiian CenterSun’s father’s office.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E17 “...In Translation” +1HonoluluFree to visit15 minFree
7. YWCA LaniākeaSayid’s mosque.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E21 “The Greater Good” +2HonoluluFrom outside5 minFree to look
8. Aliʻiōlani HaleDesmond and Donovan’s lab.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E10 “Raised by Another” +2HonoluluFree to visit15–30 minFree
9. Hawaiʻi State Capitol lawnSayid’s football game.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E21 “The Greater Good”HonoluluFree to visit15 minFree
10. Downtown Post OfficeKate caught at the bus station.Lost (2004–2010) · S2E9 “What Kate Did”HonoluluFree to visit10 minFree
11. O’Toole’s Irish PubDesmond remembers the future.Lost (2004–2010) · S3E8 “Flashes Before Your Eyes”HonoluluFood & drink1 hourDrinks
12. Murphy’s Bar & GrillLocke and his father.Lost (2004–2010) · S2E17 “Lockdown” +2HonoluluFood & drink1 hourMains about $20–35
13. Liliha BakeryKate and her mother. Ten minutes’ drive out, worth it for the coco puffs.Lost (2004–2010) · S2E9 “What Kate Did”HonoluluFood & drink45 minCoco puff a few dollars; breakfast about $15–20
14. Hawaiʻi Convention CenterSydney airport.Lost (2004–2010) · S1E5 “White Rabbit” +2Waikīkī & Diamond HeadFree to visit15 minFree
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The guide
How to do it: Lost downtown, on foot
Downtown Honolulu stood in for London, Seoul, Sydney and Los Angeles. Most of the scenes are within a twenty-minute walk of each other between Chinatown and the State Capitol, which makes this the easiest Lost list to do without a car.
It doubles as a walk through Honolulu’s old business district, with Chinatown’s bakeries and bars on the way.
- The order to do it in
- Start in Chinatown at Marin Lane and Nuʻuanu Ave, walk Fort Street Mall to King Street, then Aliʻiōlani Hale, the Capitol and the post office. Finish at Liliha Bakery or an Irish pub.
- When to go
- A weekday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the lobbies and the courthouse are open.
- Getting there
- TheBus from Waikīkī, or park in the Chinatown municipal lots on Smith or Beretania St.
- What to bring
- Comfortable shoes and water. Downtown is hot at midday.
- What it costs
- Free, apart from what you eat and drink.
Worth knowing
- The bank and the YWCA are working buildings: photograph the outside.
- Aliʻiōlani Hale’s Judiciary History Center is free on weekdays.
Started from the pins on LOST Filming Locations, a public Google My Maps (the map). Places, notes and the guide checked and written by us; prices and opening times change, so check before you go.