Starting as early as next year, there may be a new way to get around Honolulu. The non-profit organization Bikeshare Hawaii hopes to introduce the state’s first bike-sharing program in the city by early 2016. If the first phase of the program is successful, the organization hopes to expand to other locations across the state. […]
Poke? Yes please. SPAM musubi? Sure. Garlic steer’s testicles or grilled abalone intestines? Maybe not so much. It will come as little surprise to our HAWAII Magazine and HawaiiMagazine.com readers that our state is a multicultural culinary wonderland. But, Andrew Zimmern, host of the popular Travel Channel show “Bizarre Foods,” still managed to surprise us
If you’ll be on Maui or Hawaii Island next week, Monday is a great day to explore the islands’ natural wonders. The National Park Service is waiving admission to all national parks—including Hawaii’s—in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday’s federal holiday, honoring the birthday of the civil rights leader, is one of
Honolulu-headquartered confectioner Hawaiian Host announced this week that it has entered into an agreement to buy the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation from the Hershey Co. The buy-out will bring together two large players in the Hawaii macadamia nut industry and will see the return of Mauna Loa to in-state ownership for the first time
The Year of the Sheep has already begun, but if you’re on Oahu this weekend you can ring it in all over again. The Japanese Cultural Center hosts its 22nd annual New Year’s Ohana Festival this Sunday, Jan. 11 in Honolulu. The family-friendly celebration will share Japanese cultural and New Year’s traditions with residents and
Last week, The Nature Conservancy finalized its acquisition of 222 acres of southern Hawaii Island land. The international conservation non-profit says the parcel could turn into an expansion of the neighboring Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in the next few years. The triangular-shaped acreage, called Kahuku Iki (Little Kahuku), is adjacent to the national park’s Kahuku
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Makawao, a tiny and quirky inland town in Maui’s Upcountry, has no stop lights, a population of around 7,000 and a frontier feel helped by the downtown’s real hitching posts, a nod to the area’s paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) culture. And, now, there’s a new resident in its downtown business district. The Makawao History Museum moved
As the birthplace of modern surfing, Hawaii boasts some of the world’s best and also some of its most challenging waves. So, it was a close battle of the beaches when we recently asked our HAWAII Magazine Facebook reader ohana: What’s your favorite Hawaii beach for surfing? Hundreds of you responded sharing your favorite place
One of HAWAII Magazine’s favorite annual Hawaii flyaway contests is back for the fifth year in a row! We’re giving away round-trip plane tickets for two to the sunny island of Oahu, where winners will attend one of the state’s premier annual cultural events, the Honolulu Festival, as VIP guests. The vacation prize package includes
This holiday season, residents and visitors to the island of Lanai have been doing something they haven’t been able to do for more than a decade: watching movies at the local theater. The former Lanai Theater in Lanai City reopened on Dec. 20 under the new name “Hale Keaka.” It’s small by cinema standards, but
As the clock ticks down on the final moments of 2014, the “rainbow state” will bid aloha to the year past and ring in the New Year with a rainbow of explosions in the warm night sky. Hawaii employs a last-but-not-least mentality in its New Year’s celebrations—even though we’re one of the last time zones
Fans of “The Biggest Loser” and Hawaii have a little something extra to celebrate this New Year’s Day. NBC’s inspirational weight-loss show will air the second of two hour-long episodes filmed on Kauai this Jan. 1. This is the second time the show, now in it’s 16th season, has selected Hawaii as a destination incentive
