On Memorial Day, just after sunset, the protected lagoon off Ala Moana Beach Park will fill with 6,000 flickering candlelit rice paper lanterns. The serene and moving scene is the climax of Shinnyo-en Hawaii and the Na Lei Aloha Foundation’s free and open-to-the-public Lantern Floating Hawaii, an aptly multicultural commemoration and broad reinterpretation of the […]
Love a good movie? If you’re on Hawaii Island over the next few days the 10th annual Big Island Film Festival will bring 50 new films, including 13 by Hawaii filmmakers (and six of those from Hawaii Island), to three screening venues on the Kohala Coast. The five-day fest will get under way tomorrow, Thurs.,
It’s remarkable how a single photo can encapsulate the memories of an entire journey and serve as lifelong “proof” that you visited a really special place. Especially when that photo was taken as part of a once-in-a-lifetime trip to a place like Hawaii. So we wanted to know: What’s the one Hawaii photo you’ve taken
Here’s a blast back to HAWAII Magazine’s 2014 Outdoor Issue and a photo that itself deserves “One Last Look.”
Monolithic Leahi (Diamond Head), a 300,000-year-old extinct volcanic crater, is a prominent feature along Waikiki’s eastern coastline. The march to the top along the Diamond Head Summit Trail promises stunning panoramic views looking out across the ocean and inland over downtown Honolulu and beyond to the Waianae Range. To get to that view, however, you’ll
How many species of animals, plants, microbes and fungi currently call Hawaii Volcanoes National Park home? With 333,086-acres of barren lava rock, dry forest and rugged coastline, that’s a pretty challenging question to answer. But, after this weekend’s National Geographic Society-organized BioBlitz, it could get easier. Themed I ka nana no a ike (by observing,
A statue of Father Damien represents the state of Hawaii in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall in Washington D.C., and now an urban thoroughfare in Eastern Manhattan also bears his name. In an official ceremony on Monday afternoon (May 11), a block of 33rd Street not far from the East River and between First
If you’re on Oahu with your mom this month, consider a visit to Sea Life Park Hawaii. In honor of tomorrow’s Mother’s Day holiday, the Windward Side attraction is offering free admission to all mothers for the entire month of May. “Many of our animal residents were born right here at the Park, so it’s
Hawaii is the only U.S. state with a climate suitable for commercial cacao production, which means we’re the only U.S. state with lots of great truly local chocolate. If you’re on Hawaii Island over the next few days, you could be in for a real treat: The Big Island Chocolate Festival kicks off today. Now
Imagine this: It’s nighttime. A man dressed in a traditional Samoan lavalava skirt and grasses rapidly twirls a flaming, sharp-edged blade with focused skill and precision—his body is illuminated by its glow. He grabs another flaming knife and begins to twirl it while sending the first sailing five feet above his head. It peaks and
While plenty of bars and restaurants throughout Hawaii will break out the Dos Equis, chips and salsa for today’s Cinco de Mayo holiday, many family homes will celebrate May 5 a little bit differently: by flying koinobori, colorful carp-shaped flags, in honor of Tango no Sekku, or Boys’ Day. The traditional Japanese holiday’s original intent
HAWAII Magazine’s March/April 2015 Outdoors Issue hit newsstands this week. Its stunning cover—of Oahu’s Koolau mountain range from Kaneohe Bay by photographer Cameron Brooks—sets the pace for what you’ll find inside: pages chock-full of Hawaii insider tips for the outdoors, activities to try and an exploration of the facets of Hawaii that make it such
