John: WELCOME BACK TO KOREA
WIK.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH
K-POP, HOLD ON.
WE'RE ABOUT TO GIVE YOU A
RUNDOWN.
N. CAT.
ACCESSORIES GALORE.
JEANNE AND VIVIEN VALENZUELA
JOIN US.
I WANT TO GET THROUGH IT BUT THE
N IN N. CAT, IS IT WHAT I THINK
IT STANDS FOR?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT STANDS
FOR?
John: NAUGHTY?
YES, NAUGHTY CAT.
John: TELL ME ABOUT THE
BRAND.
NAUGHTY CAT IS THE NUMBER ONE
ACCESSORY FRANCHISE IN KOREA.
John: WOW.
THEY HAVE OVER A HUNDRED
STORES.
THEY WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1991,
AND THEY HAVE OVER A HUNDRED
STORES ALL OVER CONSIDER KOREA.
John: WHAT DO YOU THINK
MAKES THEM SO POPULAR?
THEY'VE GOT.
OUR STORE IS YOU UNIQUE.
OWNER COMBINED K-POP,
ACCESSORIES, ANIME AND ALL
THINGS CUTE INTO HIS STORES.
SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE.
AND K-POP MADE IT REALLY BIG.
John: TELL ME SOME ITEMS.
SO WE HAVE THE K-POP CD'S
HERE.
AND MOST POPULAR GROUP NOW IS
BTS.
WE HAVE SOME OF THEIR
MERCHANDISE LIKE THE BAGS,
PILLOWS.
ONE OF THE ACCESSORIES THAT'S
USB RECHARGING SO IT DOESN'T
NEED BATTERY.
John: I THOUGHT YOU MEANT
FANS OF THE STORE.
OKAY.
VIVIEN, TELL ME ABOUT THE
HAWAI'I K-POP COMMUNITY.
WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL?
WE LOVE SEEING EVERYBODY COME
IN.
IT'S LIKE A FAMILY.
BIG FANS OF K-POP.
FAN GIRL AND FAN BOY.
AND I ESPECIALLY KNOW THEM FROM
SCHOOL.
IT'S LIKE SEEING MY FRIENDS.
John: K-POP ACCESSORIES AT
THE STORE, THEY'RE GROWING IN
POPULARITY IN HAWAI'I?
EARRINGS.
YEAH.
LIKE K-FASHION IS REALLY
POPULAR.
TRENDY.
IT LOOKS GOOD.
EVERYONE'S SORT OF KIND OF
GETTING INTO THAT STYLE.
John: YOU SEEM LIKE YOU'RE
IN TOUCH.
WHAT ABOUT EVENTS?
SOME EVENTS COMING UP?
THE REASON WHY K-POP GREW IN
POPULARITY IS DUE TO A LOT OF
CONCERTS.
THEY COME TO AMERICA THESE DAYS.
I LIKE GOING TO CONCERTS.
IT'S FUN, SEEING THEIR IDOLS.
YEAH.
John: AND YOU DON'T HAVE A
WEBSITE.
TELL ME HOW SOMEBODY CAN TAKE A
LOOK AT SOME OF STUFF.
WHERE'S YOUR STORE?
WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS.
KEEAUMOKU STREET.
IN THE SAME LOT AT THAT.
WE HAVE A LOCATION IN WINDWARD
MALL.
AND WE HAVE A SISTER STALL PINK
BOX AT WAIMALU PLAZA.
John: WHO ARE THESE
PICTURES OF IN?
SOME OF THE POPULAR GROUPS?
S BTS.
HERE'S THEIR LIFE STICK.
LIKE A FAN LIGHT YOU USE IN
CONCERT.
John: WHAT DO THEY DO?
BOTCH BOP TO IT.
John: REALLY?
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS GREAT.
THIS IS FOR ANYBODY?
NOT JUST KIDS?
NO.
EVERYBODY.
CUSTOMERS OF ALL AGESES.
John: MIKEY WOULD PROBABLY
WALK AROUND WITH THIS.
INSTAGRAM.
TELL US.
YOU CAN FOLLOW US AT N. CAT
HAWAI'I.
WE'RE ON FACEBOOK TOO.
N. CAT HAWAI'I AS WELL.
John: WE PETE REPEAT THE
LOCATIONS.
735 KEEAUMOKU STREET.
PINK BOX IN WAIMALU PLAZA.
AND --
John: THIS IS CUTE.
WEARING THIS.
IF YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE