Waialua Walking Tour Part 1 | Waialua General Store | North Shore Soap Factory | Waialua Sugar Mill

[@island_girl7293]

An intriguing look at a less frequented town...well done! Enjoyed the format of this vlog, especially the footage of the relaxing drive and various scenes of the surrounding landscape, and the rustic charm of the old buildings as a backdrop. Thank you for giving us a different perspective of Hawaii by featuring several unique places to experience through your lens. I've driven past many of these old-time businesses without exploring, but after seeing this video, I will definitely make time to visit those places of historic relevance.

[@harrymiram6621]

FYI...That King-sized upside down at Waialua Sugar Mill was once sugar storage silo. Grew up in Waialua/Haleiwa/North Shore area & these videos have me Waxing Nostalgic...Keep Them Coming!

[@FoodFiend]

Thank you so much for the information! I'm glad you like it. Please chime in because I like to learn stuff that I don't know.

[@deanblumberg2564]

My family and I returned from a couple week vacation in Waialua near Mokuleia, and I am so glad I found your channel. Other than just relaxing and swimming, we had a lot of fun exploring the small community, eating poke at the general store (which was amazing), snow fluffies at PKB and much more. We really loved exploring the Ka'ena Point State Park and just enjoying life in a more rural area. Thank you for all the recommendations and off-the-beaten path content. Subscribed!

[@FoodFiend]

Aloha Dean! Thanks for subscribing! There is a part 2 to this video so hope you can see that one. I'm glad you and your family enjoyed your time here on Oahu and away from Waikiki. 🤙

[@nomadicsapien4224]

Great virtual tour...👌 Keep up the hardwork... Stay safe and stay connected❤️❤️Greetings from Dubai 🇦🇪

[@FoodFiend]

Thank you for watching. 🤙

[@nomadicsapien4224]

@@FoodFiend lets keep connected bro..

[@tehanireyes9956]

I learn soo much from your walking tours. Keep em coming, you're doing a great job!

[@FoodFiend]

Thank you so much! Part 2 is uploading right now. It has Pu'uiki Cemetery in it. 🤙

[@vincef7487]

Now THAT was super interesting‼️😃

[@FoodFiend]

Thank you!

[@paulafriedmanalohafrommaryland]

Aloha, this was very interesting to watch, mahalo for sharing, I'm going to watch part 2 now :)

[@FoodFiend]

Thanks Paula. 😊🤙

[@lorrainekomatsubara783]

I love Hawaii so your tours are really interesting - thank you so much!!

[@FoodFiend]

Thanks so much Lorraine! 🙏

[@uisguexjack]

Thanks for videoing this nice walk about.... Really takes me back 65/57 lived on Crozier drive and would ride our bikes to the General store. At first you don't mention the Portuguese.... But I see you cover them much at the Grave yard. I have to look up where that Graveyard is, never saw it. Back in those days we would drive the car right up to the General store with the Green Train across the street. Looks like the park has grown up allot. In Haleweia Elementary the Japanese kids all wore uniforms and went to a seperate school just for them after our school.... You think that would have been up where the temple is? It hurts when I see videos of so, so many, many tourists in Waialua which I remember as being so rural. Had a Cow pasture across the street on Crozier. Sugar Cane absolutely everywhere. Burning the cane fields was more fun then the 4th of july. You could smell sugar in the air most always. Cheers and thanks....

[@FoodFiend]

I'm glad you enjoyed this series. I would not know if the Japanese school would be by the temple as I am not from Waialua. I'm more of a townie. I didn't see that many tourists thankfully. I think they mostly stop at Paalakai Bakery and stay in Haliewa. 🤙

[@uisguexjack]

@@FoodFiend I meant 65/66 and Haliewa not Wialua.... Have a Li Hing Mui for me... We actually drove all the way round the island back then in a C+H pickup.... Quite and adventure that was. Makua was our favorite beach.

[@joettekanter3489]

Thank you for another great video Misty! ❤️🙏🏻😊 I would love to try the soap from the soap factory. How did you like it?

[@FoodFiend]

Joette, I loves the soaps! I used them all and intend to go back for more. It's just so far away for me. I should've bought more. Fun fact, she said they make blank soaps for Whole Foods and they put their logo stamp on it but it is their soap.

[@gracecruz3135]

Wow, you’re video is very interesting .nice!!!!

[@FoodFiend]

Thanks. 🤙

[@Walts-Travel]

So I loved the intro. Also that 4runner you can take that thing everywhere. How was the soap??

[@FoodFiend]

Yay thank you. Yes it's a reliable car. Got 104k already on it. The soap is wonderful! So far I just tried the acai. Really does smell like the berries and a mild soap.

[@bloomintokyoseoul]

Hey keep up the great work. I would like to provide a voice in honor of those who came from afar to work the sugar plantations- [ While we can hardly overstate the sugar industry’s power, the idea that it ushered in a “harmonious melting pot” obscures Hawaii’s true history of capitalist conspiracies, worker uprisings, and one ill-conceived attempt to contrive a whiter working class, all set against the backdrop of ongoing Native Hawaiian resistance. Even the industry’s mid-nineteenth century origins were rooted in conflict and colonization: haole owners built plantations on dispossessed Native Hawaiian land, and mainland sugar gluts resulting from the Civil War, as well as the westward encroachment of white settlers during the California Gold Rush, contributed to their success. The ensuing decades of industrialization, relaxed export taxation, annexation, and, later, territory status, made sugar increasingly profitable. By 1870, five major plantations had consolidated their power. Gary Okihiro, author of a seminal text on Hawaii’s sugar-cane history, has noted that this cohort of producers - known as the Big Five - held enormous political and economic sway over the island for the better part of a century. [1] Equal Pay for Equal Work During the peak of their reign, a mere eighty individuals - many of them haole elite who boasted ties to the sugar industry - owned close to half the land area of all the Hawaiian islands. The sugar mongers controlled many of the businesses and public services associated with their industry, from banks and insurance companies to transportation and utilities. [2] But King Sugar needed cheap labor to fuel its profits. With only 20 percent of Hawaii’s original population remaining by the time the United States annexed the islands 1898, many of those workers had to come from elsewhere. Despite a mandate from Washington to “develop the Territory on the traditional American lines” - read: to whiten the island - the plantations began importing men and women from Asia. Plantation owners first brought workers to Hawai‘i from China, but the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 inspired planters to seek out new sources of labor. They turned to Japan, where they recruited thousands with the promise of lucrative, short-term contracts. Between 1885 and 1894, an estimated twenty-nine thousand Japanese immigrants arrived to serve as contract workers on Hawaiian sugar plantations. By the turn of the century, they had become the largest ethnic group on the islands. Upon arrival, any dreams of prosperity were immediately dispelled. Workers encountered unforeseen hardships, inhumane conditions, and deplorable wages. [3] They worked twelve-hour days for less than six cents an hour. Overcrowded barracks and poor diets led to surges in illness. Those who attempted to run away would be beaten and jailed for breaking their contracts. Devastated by the harsh reality of their new lives, women workers channeled their anger into song. They created a genre of music called holehole bushi that they would sing together while working the fields. Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i I saw as in a dream Now my tears are flowing In the canefields. [4] In an interview for the documentary, “Canefield Songs” one of the early plantation workers, Katie Asakura, told the filmmakers, “Just like the song says, I cried all the time in the canefields.” [5] densho.org/strikers-scabs-sugar-mongers-immigrant-labor-struggle-shaped-hawaii-know-today/

[@readbooks9985]

Me too, not so much a furikake person, except in a zip pack.

[@FoodFiend]

Someone who understands. 🧡

[@kalebeyond8579]

That would be most likely be unagi sauce on the pokē..🤙🏽

[@FoodFiend]

Ah! You're right! Was tasty.

[@Rbrezay]

That’s a lot of driving. I’d be poop’d at the end. Thank you

[@FoodFiend]

Yes it was and a lot of walking! I got my steps in for the day.

[@vincef7487]

If you look on Google Earth, you can see the location of the ruins of the original Saint Michael’s church and nearby cemetery.🤓

[@FoodFiend]

Yes I was using it as a way to figure out how to get to it. Unfortunately all the small roads are now owned by farms and no trespassing allowed and they block the roads by gates. Was so bummed to not be able to see it in person.

[@harrymiram5562]

Supposedly, out around St Michaels church ruins, there's Buddhist temple. Tried looking on google Maps but no info. Guess if the monks wanted "publicity", they would have made it known, right?

[@bighatstephens]

Felix and Amanda Eat just got some Rode Wireless Go Mics with windscreens that sound awesome. I thought you might be interested in checking them out and seeing if they work for you. It was their recent Q&A video. -- This is another great video, keep it up!

[@FoodFiend]

One day. I would have to save up for that. I have been looking at them for a while but those are around $300 mics. I have other expensive hobbies that cut into my budget LOL. Deadcats are what blocks the wind. I have a bunch but can't find something the right size that doesn't show on the side of the screen.

[@bighatstephens]

@@FoodFiend there was a DIY tutorial for fitting a deadcat to a Canon Mk7? SOme velcro and some fuzzy material from the craft store and some glue. Maybe that might work for you? I know that camera has a tiny hole mic.

[@FoodFiend]

@@bighatstephens I use a DJI osmo pocket 2 or my phone when I'm out and about. I use an external mic for the DJI but all the dead cats I have are too big so it shows on the side of the screen. The smaller ones that would be perfect do not fit on the mic. The wireless mic that comes with it is great for wind but I discovered if there is wifi around it has terrible interference noise. Dilemmas! I only use my Sony DLSR at home because I don't like lugging a big camera around. I will just buy the dead cat felt and make one by wrapping it around the mic one day.

[@bighatstephens]

what is the mic quality of the DJI like? I was considering getting one of those a year or so ago. Does it really need that external?

[@FoodFiend]

@@bighatstephens I have the newer one. The osmo pocket 2. The external is good because they improved it where there are mics on both sides so if you're interviewing someone it will catch on the other side. The wind though is the problem. Indoors it is great. I used their wireless mic that came with it in the Kalihi walking tour and it was very windy in the cemetery and I thought it sounded great considering the wind. But in the Yee Yung Kee dim sum video there is interference you can hear towards the end. I read that it's due to wifi signals that might be around. So I stopped using it because you don't hear the mistake until you get home to edit and it's really disappointing.