6 Awesome Bike Routes on O‘ahu
Gear up or grab a bike rental to ride across Waikīkī, around Honolulu’s historic sites, through parks and past the murals of Kaka‘ako.
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Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Oct. 10, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Pacific ExposSavvy young businesspeople will market and sell their own items at the Hawaiʻi Food & New Product Show this weekend. Food & New Product Show If your family likes to walk around big-box stores and eat food samples,…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-May 22, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii Travelling Bricks: An Exhibition Made of Lego Bricks More than 120 giant models made of millions of Lego bricks are up for viewing at Bishop Museum, as part of a traveling exhibit from May…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-May 15, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Hawaiʻi Lodging and Tourism AssociationAt the Visitor Industry Charity Walk, hotels and restaurants will serve food and drinks at 17 checkpoints along the 5-mile route. Slippah Walk and Visitor Industry Charity Walk Want to help break a…
Photo Gallery: Lantern Floating Hawaii 2016
The 18th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii brought together over 50,000 people at Ala Moana Beach on Memorial Day, joined by thousands around the world via live streaming and telecast to honor loved ones in a solemn ceremony of beauty and…
Pet Walk 2014
Thousands of pet lovers gathered at Magic Island Sunday morning for the Hawaiian Humane Society’s annual pet walk. Dogs, cats, rabbits and even a pig were spotted walking around the course. Here’s who we found along the way. Pet Walk…
Party pics: M.Pire at the Korean Festival
The 13th annual Korean Festival celebrated all things Korean Saturday at its new Magic Island location. Past festivals took place at Kapiolani Park. As usual, an enormous crowd turned out for the festival, and this year, the day was capped…
Pics: Hawaii Geek Meet 2014
The Seventh Annual Hawaii Geek Meet at Magic Island brought out some of Hawaii’s most dedicated nerds and tech junkies, as well as groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism, the 501st Stormtrooper Legion, The Last Outpost, Oahu Makerspace, both…
Lantern Floating in Hawai‘i 2014
Approximately 50,000 people came out to Ala Moana Beach Park and Magic Island for the 16th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, a beautiful and solemn way to remember lost loved ones on Memorial Day. Presided over by Her Holiness Shinso…
Pics: Lantern Floating Hawaii 2013
The 15th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii was attended by tens of thousands of people from around the world, gathered at Magic Island Monday evening to reflect and remember their lost loved ones on Memorial Day. Presented by the Nā Lei…
Pics: Lantern Floating Hawaii 2012
The 14th Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony, with a theme of “Many Rivers, One Ocean,” was held on Monday, Memorial Day, at Magic Island and the shores of Ala Moana Beach Park. An estimated 40,000 people from all over the…
Lantern Floating Ceremony
Over 40,000 people came to Magic Island at Ala Moana Beach Park Monday evening for the annual lantern floating memorial ceremony, put on by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist order in Hawaii. It was a somber event for remembering lost loved ones,…
Hawaii Geek Meet 2011
On a normal day at Magic Island, you’ll see runners, bikers and an occasional wedding or two, but on Sunday, telescopes, ham radio antennas and Stormtroopers were on the scene for the 2011 Hawaii Geek Meet.Geek Meet — a casual,…
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