Kauai The St. Regis Princeville Located on a lush green sea cliff with one of Hawaii’s most glorious views of the Pacific Ocean and the mystical Namolokama Mountain, the St. Regis Princeville is the address for life’s celebrations. In this perfect tropical setting, rare amenities and exquisite luxuries offer endless pampering. And our truly refined […]
Atlantis Adventures is well known for their undersea submarine tours. Above the ocean, Atlantis Cruises offers scenic sunset dinner cruises aboard the Majestic. After receiving a recommendation from friends, I decided the Island Style Buffet Cruise would be an ideal setting, and hopefully win me a few points, as a surprise date with my wife
It’s the hottest ticket in Hawaii—the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, Hawaii Island this week. Beginning with Easter Sunday, a week of festivities will culminate with amazing hula performances under the bright lights of the Edith Kanakaole Stadium for three nights of competition (all Hawaii Standard Time): Miss Aloha Hula: Thursday, April 20, 6 to
Every Spring, Hilo comes alive during the annual Merrie Monarch Festival—an internationally-acclaimed celebration of Hawaii’s most beloved art form, the hula. Three nights of exhilarating competition unite a total of 28 men’s and women’s hula halau (groups) from across the Hawaiian Islands and the continental U.S. this year, alongside visiting dancers from Asia and Polynesian
Taps & Apps Brewpub is central Oahu’s only brewpub. Established in 2015, the family-run establishment is located in The Gateway at Mililani Mauka shopping center, just off the Interstate H-2. The result of a dream that owners Randy and Myrline Overton envisioned for over 25 years, this neighborhood business venture is now one that has
What’s in an outdoor name? Many people know the story of how Diamond Head got its English-language name—19th-century British sailors initially mistook calcite crystals on its slopes for the precious stone. The Oahu volcanic crater’s original name, however, was Leahi, bestowed by Hawaiians who thought the crater’s shape resembled the dorsal fin of a tuna.
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As a boy no more than 12 years old, Brian Tanigawa worked in his spare time lifting boxes, sweeping floors, and washing glass bottles at his family’s Aloha Shoyu manufacturing facility in Kalihi. More than 45 years later Tanigawa can still recall the pungent scent of soybeans plastered to his clothes as he would head
Since 1946, Aloha Shoyu has been producing shoyu (soy sauce). Steeped in tradition and its island roots, its unique sauce includes a special blend of soy beans, wheat and salt, to create this flavorful condiment that is now included in many recipes ranging from meat marinades to salad dressings. For many, you have your rice,
The wood-burning fireplace in the dingy, barely insulated state cabin at the Lodge at Kokee on Kauai wasn’t enough to keep me warm that first night, so I had donned everything I had in my backpack: a long-sleeved shirt, a thin hoodie, two pairs of socks and a rain jacket. It worked out, since that’s
Breaking news out of Waimea today: The Eddie will go. Organizers of The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, commonly called The Eddie, have confirmed the event will happen at Waimea Bay this Wednesday—the first time the contest has been held since 2009, and only the ninth time in its 32 year
Welcome to Waipio. Like all who are fortunate enough to find their way into Waipio Valley, photographer Jack Wolford remembers every moment, every feeling and every sight of every visit over the years. “There are few places left where you can, literally, drive down a road into another world and step back into time,” says
