ABC’s hit TV show LOST is filmed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. While many scenes are filmed on a soundstage outside of Honolulu, but other scenes are filmed in various locations across the island… of Oahu. About.com has a series of features on LOST filming locations, but I thought it would be nice to discuss them briefly all on one page. (Their series is pretty awesome, and I recommend checking it out for the pics of each location.)
The Oceanic Flight 815 Crash Site
Remember how most of Season 1 was filmed on the beach? You can visit that beach, Mokule’ia Beach on the North Shore of Oahu. For Season 2, they filmed the beach scenes on Police Beach outside of Haleiwa. You can visit both of these locations, as they are open to the public.
The Valley
There are lots of scenes in LOST that were shot in the beautiful Ka’a'awa Valley on the Windward Coast. This location is part of Kualoa Ranch, which is not open to the public without express position. There are tours that will bring you here; my husband and I took an ATV tour that showed us Ka’a'awa Valley before LOST was created. (I never hurt more than I did the day after that tour, but that’s another story!) Hurley’s golf course is also located here.
The Jungle
Remember the time when the smoke monster killed the pilot, and Jack, Kate, and Charlie ran off into the jungle? And the banyan trees where Charlie was hung and Walt hid from the polar bear? Yeah, those scenes were filmed near the Turtle Bay Resort. While you may have to pay a fee for parking and you have to pass through a security gate, you can tour the area at your leisure. Check out the trail map provided by the resort.
Finding Korea in Hawaii
In “House of the Rising Sun,” Jin was a waiter at Mr. Paik’s party. The party scene was filmed at the Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples in Kane’ohe. The Seoul Gateway Hotel where Jin worked as a doorman is really the Royal Garden at Waikiki. The canal where Sun and Jin first spoke (remember “orange?”) is the Ala Wai Canal near the Honolulu Convention Center. Jin’s meeting with his father in a small fishing village was filmed at Moli’i Fishpond, which is private property belonging to Kualoa Ranch.
The Sydney Airport
Considering what happened to the characters on the show when they hopped on a flight from Sydney, it’s understandable that they wouldn’t want to transport the cast and crew to Australia every time they wanted to shoot an airport scene. Well, maybe it was more of a budgetary decision. In any case, the airport scenes were filmed at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Tours are available.
The Bank Robbery
You know how Kate robbed that bank just to get into the safe deposit boxes and get that little toy plane? The real bank is the First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu. I advise making a withdrawal in a more conventional (and legal) way!
The Waterfall
We’ve seen the waterfall a few times, but first when Kate and Sawyer jumped in and found the case filled with the guns and Kate’s aforementioned toy plane. The waterfall is located in Waimea Valley Audubon Center on the North Shore. Looks like a nice place to visit while you’re on vacation!
Charlie’s Confessional
Charlie shocked a priest with his rockstar confessions way back in “The Moth.” The church scenes were filmed at St. Paul’s Mission on Queen Emma Square in Honolulu. It’s a beautiful church!
Locke’s Walkabout Tour Company
Locke found out that you need to be able to walk to go on a walkabout. The tour company was set up at 1 North King Street in Honolulu. At the time, it was a vacant retail space. It has since been leased. (I wonder if the rent went up because of its TV landmark status.)
The Mosque
Sayid makes contact with Essam to infiltrate a terrorist cell after prayers in the mosque at Sydney. The mosque scenes were shot at Laniakea YWCA in Honolulu. That’s the most impressive architecture I’ve ever seen in a YWCA!
LOST Restaurants
If you want to have some of the Mr. Cluck’s chicken that Hurley loved so much, don’t worry. The filming location was not struck by a meteorite. No, Mr. Cluck’s Chicken Shack is really Popeye’s Chicken at 1515 Dillingham Blvd. in Honolulu. Even if you can’t get to Hawaii to take a tour of the LOST filming locations, you can hit up your local Popeye’s for some “real” Mr. Cluck’s chicken! The diner where Kate’s mom worked is really Liliha Bakery at 515 N. Kuakini Street in Honolulu.
Finding Nigeria in Hawaii
Mr. Eko’s story involved a number of scenes in Nigeria. The village where Eko and Yemi grew up is Waialua Town - which was also used when Bernard took Rose to meet Isaac. Yemi got shot on the airfield that is really Dillingham Airfield.
Pala Ferry Pier
The Others met the submarine (and bagged Kate, Jack, and Sawyer at the end of Seasno 2) at the end of the Pala Ferry Pier, better known as the Waikane Pier off the Kamehameha Highway.
The Barracks (New Otherton)
Many of the scenes that take place in the Barracks, originally inhabited by the DHARMA Initiative and now taken over by the Others, were filmed at YMCA Camp Erdman
Other Locations
An even more comprehensive resource is The LOST Virtual Tour, which covers filming locations by episode or by geographic location! Check it out… the Web site covers more than the About.com page and my list!
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