Oahu is an island with a split personality. On the southern shore is the city, Honolulu, where everything happens. The North Shore (a.k.a. “The Country”) is like a laid-back Neighbor Island you don’t need to fly to. Its center is Haleiwa, a small town with a couple of gas stations, several restaurants, two food markets, […]
Little more than a decade ago, I was in my California apartment, gazing at a map of Oahu. I was planning to attend the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I knew little about the Islands and even less about Manoa, but the horseshoe- shaped valley looked like the right spot to me: I simply wanted
(Editor’s Note: As of March 2020, some of these businesses may have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) Turn north on Route 99 in Pearl City, and the road ahead will feel like a beckoning finger. With your windows down and the bright sun blazing, it can be easy to follow that siren’s call and
I’m trapped in a hipster cliche driving out to the Kahumana Community—an organic farm and cafe with Google Maps navigating my hybrid car. The app’s navigation leads me astray on Oahu’s leeward side. Lost and late, my Honda Insight meanders around the rural roads of Lualualei Valley as the towering Waianae Mountain Range looks down
In or out of Waikiki, find your home away from home at one of these hidden retreats. Hokulani Waikiki Photo courtesy Hokulani Waikiki You might walk right past its entrance on Waikiki Beach Walk if you didn’t know it was there—a camouflaged doorway, with enclosed fire torches directing you to its lobby. Once inside, the
The first teaser trailer has been released for “Moana,” Disney’s much anticipated new animated musical, especially on this side of the Pacific Ocean where Honolulu’s own Aulii Cravalho lends her voice and musical stylings to the title character. The film also features another Hawaii favorite, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who spent much of his youth
Did you know that Hawaiians meticulously fashioned traditional clothing, and even bedding from the white inner bark of the wauke, or paper mulberry tree? Kapa is the Hawaiian word for barkcloth, and more commonly known as “tapa.” It’s made by beating the bark until it is smooth and soft and then texturing it and dying
Everyone’s Honolulu commute is getting a bit more presidential. A new mural of President Barack Obama has popped up in the city’s urban center with a message to celebrate Hawaii and the country’s multiethnic fabric and to spread aloha across people’s differences in this era. Hawaiian artist Kamea Hadar (pictured below) just completed and unveiled
Hear that? It’s the sweet, melodious sounds of a HAWAIʻI Magazine giveaway! We’re awarding one lucky winner with a Honolulu summer vacation prize package to attend the Ukulele Festival from July 14 to 18, 2016. Lounging under palm trees to the sounds of the Islands’ most iconic instrument, the ukulele? Doesn’t get much better than
You’ve never seen the Hawaiian Islands like this before. Honolulu-based photographer and graphic designer Petey Ulatan works his digital photo manipulation magic on some of Hawaii’s most scenic coastlines, giving a mesmerizing and warped perspective to some of our most familiar coastlines. The series, which he consistently shares on his Instagram, feature cityscapes from around
Whether or not you were one of the thousands who made it out to Waimea for this year’s 31st annual Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, now is your chance to relive all the excitement from this past February when the bay called the day. Oahu’s preeminent big wave surf photographer, Zak
These businesses are taking Hawaii-grown cacao from bean to bar and, in some cases, even grow the chocolate on-site. HAWAII ISLAND Big Island Chocolate Co.The small family farm south of Hilo has about 300 trees and makes chocolate on-site for sale at area farmers markets. (808) 966-6693, bigislandchocolatecompany.com. Hawaiian Crown Plantation and Chocolate FactoryLook for its
