In Hawaii, it’s not uncommon to see golden thumb-sized paper cranes hanging as a backdrop or framed in the shape of family crests at weddings. Or, to find all shapes and forms of origami lei around the necks of residents during special occasions. In honor of the craft’s popularization in the state, we wanted to […]
It’s Shark Week on Discovery Channel, and since Hawaii is surrounded by water and sharks, we decided to contact shark enthusiast, Kauai surfer and HAWAII Magazine photographer, Mike Coots, for his take. Coots suffered an unfortunate encounter with a tiger shark in 1997 and uses that experience to leverage attention to help save global populations
To create the cover of our July/August 2015 issue, featuring three traditionally dressed (and trained) hula dancers, HAWAII Magazine’s Art Director, Cody Kawamoto, worked with other members of the HAWAII Magazine team to scout sites, find the perfect dancers and set up the shoot. With only a theme of authentic culture and a vision of
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
Summer afternoons are meant for lounging outdoors and listening to Hawaiian music at sunset, while eating ono (delicious) food and sipping on a tropical drink. Here are some events happening this summer to help you in your quest to live that dream. HAWAII ISLAND An Evening with Cyril Pahinui and FriendsFriday, June 26 Slack key master Cyril Pahinui
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
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
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.,
Here’s a blast back to HAWAII Magazine’s 2014 Outdoor Issue and a photo that itself deserves “One Last Look.”
