If you’ll be in the Islands anytime after next week, you may want to consider buying a stylish reusable tote bag as your Hawaii souvenir. Starting July 1, The City and County of Honolulu, which encompasses the island of Oahu, will become the final populated county in the state to enforce a plastic bag ban. […]
In the 1950s and ’60s, Dr. Yosihiko H. Sinoto and Kenneth P. Emory of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu unearthed thousands of early Hawaiian bone fishhooks. The researchers used the fishhooks, and other culturally significant artifacts found throughout the Islands, to model when the earliest Hawaiians arrived in the archipelago and where they
Zac Efron and Adam DeVine were on the North Shore of Oahu earlier this week to film their upcoming comedy, “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.” While staying at Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku, the actors met a resort employee whose aumakua (Hawaiian family god) is a shark and he recommended they experience a shark
As the old saying goes: The best things in life are free. In beautiful, remote and notoriously pricey Hawaii, we think free things are even sweeter. So, we asked our 170,000-reader strong HAWAII Magazine Facebook ohana: What is your favorite free Hawaii activity? We received hundreds of suggestions including those meditative and peaceful—enjoying time with
Anthony Bourdain—renowned foodie, former chef and adventuring world traveler—recently dove into local Hawaii culture on Oahu, Molokai and Maui for the latest episode of his eponymous CNN series “Parts Unknown.” The new episode—the eighth installment of the Emmy Award winning show’s fifth season—will air on CNN this Sunday, June 14 2015 at 9 p.m. EDT
Today is King Kamehameha Day in Hawaii. The official state holiday honors and remembers King Kamehameha the Great—who established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810 and was its first monarch—with lei-draping ceremonies, parades and other cultural celebrations. King Kamehameha V began the holiday to honor his grandfather, King Kamehameha I, on June 11, 1872 and
Obon, a Japanese Buddhist season honoring ancestors’ memories and sacrifices, fills Hawaii event calendars annually between June and August. According to Japanese tradition, that’s when spirits return to visit family and friends. Photo: Alan Kubota. If you’re in the Islands this summer you should definitely participate in at least one. Looking for an event this
Jurassic Park fans can revisit some of Hawaii’s still-wild scenery when the franchise’s fourth installment, Jurassic World, premieres this Friday, June 12. Like the original 1993 flick about a dinosaur theme park gone awry, many of the non-studio filming locations for Jurassic World were Hawaii-based—on both Oahu and Kauai. Details surrounding the filming of Jurassic
Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines has just made saying goodbye to Hawaii a little easier. If you’re flying first class, that is. The company recently announced a new collaboration that will bring popular Hawaii restaurant chefs’ creations to its complimentary in-flight menus for first class passengers. The collaboration dishes are only available on flights from Hawaii to
Repeat visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Hawaii Island and Haleakala National Park on Maui this week may have noticed it costs a little more to visit and camp there. Pricing changes at both parks took effect on Mon., June 1. At Hawaii Volcanoes, the state’s most visited national park, the formerly $10 seven-day
On the “Friendly Isle” of Molokai over the next few days, a largely community-driven celebration will perpetuate the island’s oral traditions and explore the art of hula in its place of origin. Ka Hula Piko—which translates roughly to “the origins of hula”—takes place where Laka, a revered goddess believed to be Hawaii’s founding kumu hula
If you’re outside in Honolulu tomorrow (May 26) and you happen to look down at exactly 12:28 p.m., you may notice your shadow is missing. That’s because tomorrow is Honolulu’s Lahaina Noon—Hawaii’s version of summer solstice—and one of just two days each year the sun is exactly overhead in the sky. Be sure to slather
