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
The biggest waves of Hawaii’s annual winter big wave season haven’t arrived on the north shores of our islands just yet. But the official holding period for the 31st annual Vans Triple Crown of Surfing will begin today on Oahu’s North Shore with opening ceremonies and a lay day in anticipation of a stronger swell
HAWAII Magazine’s 2013 Food Issue is on sale now. And this year, we’ve packed the issue with even more stories focused on eats than years’ past. From winging to Kauai, Maui and the Big Island to explore fresh juice business Akamai Juice Co., nosh on the Valley Isle’s favorite noodle dish at Sam Sato’s and
In 2010, Hawaii flimmaker Ann Marie Kirk launched the Oiwi Film Festival as a venue for indigenous Hawaiian filmmakers to showcase their work. Three years later, the festival has become a vital annual event for local filmmakers and aficionados of their work, celebrating Hawaii’s burgeoning film culture while providing a platform to tell cinematic stories
Lei made from tiny, colorful shells carried by surf onto the beaches of the island of Niihau are among the most prized in the world. A master artisan may take years to craft a multi-strand Niihau shell lei like the ones pictured here, with much of that time spent combing beaches for the desired colors
Each September, the Aloha Festivals cultural celebration honors a time in our Islands’ history when the Hawaiian culture’s monarchy, customs and traditions were part of the fabric of everyday life. The fests’ spectrum of events includes royal court investitures, ceremonies marked by hula and chant, and a street-closing Waikiki hoolaulea (celebration). The most beloved of these is arguably the Aloha
Hapa-haole was a Hawaii-born music genre that found great popularity with residents and visitors from the 1920s through the 1950s. Born at at time when songs with Hawaiian language lyrics were largely frowned upon, hapa-haole songs—with their English lyrics and, at times, outright made-up Hawaiian words—found an audience drawn to their romanticized descriptions of the
Never mind asking where it starts and ends, ask even longtime Oahu residents about the existence of the Pearl Harbor Bike Path and you might get some quizzical looks. And that’s OK. Most don’t realize there’s a great bike path that runs from the Aiea Bay State Recreation Area, just a few hundred yards north
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
It’s 10 a.m. on a sunny Saturday at Kalaeloa Beach Park. Early in the day for resident beachgoers who, on most afternoons, flock to this lovely, hidden stretch of white sand in the backyard of one of Oahu’s largest industrial parks. Not so early for overnight campers already firing up small barbecue grills and popping
