MORE THAN ANY OTHER O‘AHU NEIGHBORHOOD, CHINATOWN IS A DIFFERENT PLACE FOR EVERYONE WHO VISITS. For some, it’s a bustling marketplace, full of bargains and unique items. For others, it’s an arts district that comes alive on the first Friday…
When you’re building a $6 million dream home overlooking Kaneohe Bay, it is possible to make things too perfect. These homeowners avoided an overwhelming mansion by roughing things up alittle.
Last call at Honolulu’s finest nightclub
?Small farms and rural lifestyles hang in the balance as Kaua‘i scrutinizes its aging dams.
Can one father, one son and one SUV conquer two mountains—Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa—in a single day?
How the state is using its detention home as a warehouse for mentally ill kids.
Kahu Kordell Kekoa blesses the recently rebuilt Moloka‘i. After five years of waiting, more than 100 members of the KOA KAI CANOE CLUB gathered at Ke‘ehi Lagoon on July 1 to celebrate the completion of their first Hawaiian koa canoe.…
After a one-year break, the Ka Himeni Ana song contest is back.
Lana’i youth gain confidence and experience in an industry that’s very close to home: Tourism.
HONOLULU Magazine says goodbye to one art director, and welcomes another.
Letters to the Editor may be e-mailed to: letters_honmag@pacificbasin.net, faxed: 537-6455 or sent to: Honolulu Magazine, 1000 Bishop St., Suite 405, Honolulu, HI, 96813. “The Music Issue,” June 2006 Our annual music issue focused this time on the “other side”…
New self-storage centers try to set themselves apart with class.
Washoku is a Japanese philosophy that offers a harmonious approach to food in daily life and describes the food produced with this mindset. Elizabeth Andoh has traveled to 27 cities over the past eight months to teach washoku, and, on…
In the July 3 article “More venues offer diners a taste of Hawai‘i, close by,” San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Vanessa Hua explores the Bay Area’s booming plate lunch business. Warm island breezes are rare around San Francisco Bay, but…
A “modern 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom villa” in Waikiki can be yours for just $222,799! Your commute is less pleasant than the price tag, however—this Waikiki is a housing development near Perth in Western Australia. The name was adopted by developers in…
Ohta Wafer Factory
Barefoot Natives, Barefoot Natives, Malama Pono Productions
It's halalu season—time to catch these small, tasty fish.
WHERE WE GO AFTER WE DIE 1:1 Ratio of cremations to burials in Hawai‘i in 1980. 2:1 Ratio of cremations to burials in Hawai‘i in 2003. COMMUTING 32.5 Number of miles the average driver in Honolulu clocks daily. 65.2 Number…
We combed the stores for products worth buzzing over.
Is that an early-19th-century fainting couch? Fans might need it when they line up at the Convention Center this month, when Antiques Roadshow comes to Hawai’i.
Koi Ozu turns ordinary items into funky art for the Honolulu Academy of Art’s Showcase 2006.
Maui is on the cutting edge of energy production with a new wind farm—so why isn’t everyone happy?
Drop and give me 20 pacifiers! New moms bond and get back in shape at these classes.
