The video that went viral over the weekend for Hawaii wasn’t beaches and palm trees, it was a swimmer’s greatest fear—a huge great white shark. And beside it, close enough to touch, a slim woman clad in a full-body wetsuit who’s dwarfed by the bulk of the shark, which is also clearly pregnant. This particular […]
As is always the case in conservation, there’s good news—and there’s bad news. Let’s start with the bad. A Hawaiian tree snail named George, the last known member of the species Achatinella apexfulva, died on New Year’s Day. He was 14 and likely the last of his kind in the world. Researchers could never find
You don’t have to fly to Tokyo to sample fresh, gooey mochi or receive a New Year’s blessing from a Shinto priest. You can experience all of that and more at the New Year’s Ohana Festival on Oahu this weekend. Workers frying andagi, or Okinawan-style doughnuts.Photo: Courtesy of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii With
The 2019 HAWAII Magazine Photo Contest has come to a close, and it was a tough task for our in-house team of editors, designers and staff to pick the top winners. Featured here are the first- and second-place winners in the categories of land, ocean, people, wildlife and food, as well as a grand prize
1. Bruno Mars sells out three concerts at Aloha Stadium on Oahu View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bruno Mars (@brunomars) Hawaii’s own Bruno Mars ended his 24K Magic World Tour concert series at Aloha Stadium with three sold-out shows in November. His homecoming concert was one of the most
Hawaii has been in the headlines this year. After the eruption of Mauna Kea and the flooding on Kauai’s north shore, the USS Arizona Memorial closed indefinitely, and we here at HAWAII Magazine have been covering it all. Check out the list below to revisit our ten most popular stories of 2018. 1. 6 iconic
Ten years ago, I lived in a cul-de-sac in Hawaii Kai in East Honolulu that, every New Year’s, turned into a neighborhood mochi factory. The Mahoe family lived directly across the street and had been pounding mochi (Japanese rice cake) in their garage for generations. About 200 people would gather there on Jan. 1, starting
“Go ahead and pick up the phone,” my guide says, gesturing to a black telephone handset mounted on the wall, its wires disappearing into a dark brown 1940s-era Bakelite radio box with a flashing red light on top. Curious, I reach for the phone and marvel at its weight before putting it to my ear.
Elizabeth Freeman had just finished eating soup from the Healthy Hut Market & Café in the small town of Kilauea, Kauai, when an idea came to her. She set down her spoon, looking at it with newfound appreciation. “I was looking at the spoon convex side up, and I wondered if I could make the
Thinking critically about how Hawaii has been falsely presented to the world is what the Bishop Museum hopes visitors will do while perusing its new exhibit, “Unreal: Hawaii in Popular Imagination.” Colorful illustrations, depicting the Islands from the 1930s to ’60s, fill the walls of the museum’s J. M. Long Gallery. They are examples of
From now through January 2019, the Honolulu Museum of Art has unique artifacts and relics on display that represent a unique time in Hawaii’s history as it was increasing its international relations and cementing a place in the modern world. The exhibition also portrays how Hawaii royalty was willing to mix their indigenous traditions, fashion
A refuge from the crowds, Molokai is full of sights of exceptional beauty, but visiting The Friendly Island means, first, getting into a Molokai state of mind, as the many signs you’ll see will say: slow down, don’t rush, just relax, ’cause this is Molokai. All photography by David Croxford. Dancers from Halau Hula O
