Through the end of December, we’re sharing categories from HAWAII Magazine’s 2013 Food Issue main feature, “75 Places to Eat Like a Local.” You’ll find the issue on sale now (at least for the next three weeks or so), loaded with features focused on Hawaii eats and where to get ’em, as well as the […]
Hawaii’s only alpine lake is shrinking at an alarming rate, causing scientists to wonder why it’s happening and what to do about it. Lake Waiau, a tiny lake just below the 13,803-feet-above-sea-level summit of Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island, is almost entirely gone. The lake began to decrease in size in early 2010,
Whether you’re a resident or visitor, you’ve got a really good reason to eat out in Hawaii this week. From today through Nov. 24, more than 50 Hawaii eateries—from fine dining to uber-casual fast food places—are participating in the 6th annual Restaurant Week Hawaii, offering special menus, promotions and discounts. It’s a weeklong celebration of
HAWAII Magazine’s 2013 Food Issue is on sale now and chockfull of features focused on Hawaii eats. The November/December issue’s main course, however, is “75 Places to Eat Like A Local,” a guide to the Hawaii places you’ll find us grabbing a bite to eat, or telling our friends and family to nosh at. They’re
The view of Hanalei Valley on Kauai’s North Shore. The grandeur of Oahu’s windward side from Makapuu Point. The Big Island’s lush and lovely Pololu Valley from the end of highway lookout past the North Kohala towns of Hawi and Kapaau. We’ve counted the hundreds of answers HAWAII Magazine’s Facebook reader ohana shared with us
Kicking off its eighth annual hula competition on the Big Island today, the Moku O Keawe International Hula Festival offers more than three days of superb hula contests The three-day festival is indeed one of Hawaii’s top annual hula events, featuring hula halau (dance troupes) from Hawaii, the U.S. Mainland and Japan in hula kahiko
The Hamakua Coast has long been the Big Island’s bread basket, and proud of it. Prior to Western contact, thousands of Hawaiians lived, farmed and fished in massive Waipio and Waimanu Valleys, the breathtaking northernmost landmarks of the 50-mile coastline. In the 1800s, John Palmer Parker founded Parker Ranch on grasslands high above Hamakua’s verdant
Sitting in my rental car at a crossroads marking the north end of Red Cinder Road, I realize I’ve arrived a couple of days too late for a final glimpse of the last stretch of original dull cerise asphalt that gave the rural Big Island thoroughfare its local nickname. The red has already been paved
The long-established, world-renowned coffee-growing region of Kona is home to dozens of coffee farms, many of them family-owned and –operated. For more than 185 years, this area, rooted on the slopes of the Big Island’s Hualalai and Mauna Loa volcanoes, has served up some of the best specialty coffee in the world. And for the
As of this morning, all of Hawaii’s National Park Service parks, monuments, trails and historic sites are again open for visitors following the temporary resumption of funding for federal government services on Wednesday. The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Pearl Harbor on Oahu opened at 7 a.m. this morning, resuming
Not to brag, but Hawaii has some of the most beautiful valleys in the world. Sure we’re a bit biased. But put yourself in our slippahs. Just about every Hawaiian Island can claim a breathtaking valley. We have valleys of all shapes, sizes and terrains—populated and pristine, remote and easily accessible, lush and rugged. We’ve
This Saturday’s Ironman Triathlon World Championship on the Big Island will mark the 35th year of the grueling 140.6-mile three-sport race. And if you can’t be on the sidelines of its Kona Coast course personally cheering on competitors, you’ll be able to watch it live on the Web wherever you are. The race, founded in
