Photographing Hawaiʻi and its many natural marvels is easy. Point your camera, click the shutter and you should have a beautiful photo. But there’s nothing wrong with wanting to improve—and the Islands are a great place to do just that. Here are 10 pointers on how to take the perfect picture, provided by 10 photographers and Instagram influencers who […]
For the first time in nearly two years, Nāhuku, more commonly known as Thurston Lava Tube, is open today at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The lava tube was closed due to the unprecedented and destructive Kīlauea eruption in 2018 that forced the longest shutdown in the park’s history (134 days). Nāhuku was closed for even
Started in June 2017, Biki, a nonprofit bike sharing organization known for its rentable aqua-blue bikes, has seen growing success in Honolulu and surrounding districts, where its rental racks are located. In 2019 alone Biki recorded nearly 1.38 million riders, a 22% increase since 2018. The number of unique riders also increased by a staggering
Maui-based mental health therapist-turned-writer Toby Neal, whose series of Hawai‘i-based crime and romance novels are hugely popular, penned a memoir called “Freckled” about her wild childhood on Kaua‘i. More than 35,000 copies of her self-published book have already been sold since January 2019. Now splitting time between Pukalani and Northern California, Neal is still writing
Built in 1975, the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikīkī, one of only four U.S. Armed Forces Recreation Centers in the world, has catered to millions of guests who are eligible through their military service—active or retired—or Department of Defense or Coast Guard status. (See the hotel’s eligibility requirements here.) Starting in January, though, the hotel,
Everyone wants the same shot: the tree-lined road from the entrance of Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden toward the Koʻolau Mountains. For reference, this is what it looks like (without filters or special camera tricks): Photo: Catherine Toth Fox But why stop at the beginning of the park when there are so many more reasons to venture into this lush
For years, HAWAIʻI Magazine has used Hawaiian diacritical marks in its magazine, a decision that was made well before I took the helm as editor in December 2018. Hawaiian diacritical marks comprise two symbols: the glottal stop (ʻokina) and the macron (kahakō), which lengthens and adds stress to the marked vowel. You can have the
1. Learn to Surf Photo: Kevin Allen I’m planning an epic adventure to celebrate my birthday this summer: hiking the 11-mile Kalalau Trail along Kauai’s Napali Coast. The trail has reopened after devastating rain caused flooding and landslides in 2018. Several years ago, I hiked to Hanakapiai Falls – two miles along the Kalalau Trail
It was tense for Oahu’s John John Florence at the 2019 Billabong Pipeline Masters. He lost in the quarterfinals against his longtime rival, Gabriel Medina of Brazil, and his Olympic qualification was at risk of being taken by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater. If Slater won the contest outright, he would overtake Florence in the
This is literally a gingerbread house fit for royalty. The culinary team at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa spent two months planning, baking and constructing a gingerbread structure inspired by Iolani Palace, the only official state residence of royalty in the U.S. and home to the Hawaiian Kingdom’s last two monarchs, King
Good news for the nene, or Hawaiian goose: It is no longer on the brink of extinction. In a ceremony at Honouliuli National Historic Site on Oahu on Sunday, state officials and U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that the official state bird of Hawaii is now considered a threatened species under the
Imagine the afternoon sky in Poipu on Kauai, the ocean on a perfect day in Waikiki. That color? That’s the 2020 Pantone Color of the Year. Palm trees in front of a Classic Blue sky in East Oahu.Photo: Catherine Toth Fox We looked through old magazines and saw we had used this color a lot, from
