#1 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Kahana Beach Park
Oahu Island HI
~1.80 miles from Kahana city center
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A jungle-style park with many streams.
Attraction type: Park
Activities: Kayaking, Surfing
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Kualoa Beach Park
Oahu Island HI
~2.71 miles from Kahana city center
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Kualoa Regional Park is located at the edge of Kane‘ohe Bay on the Windward side of the island at 49-479 Kamehameha Highway. Coming from Honolulu, the entrance to the park is just before the road turns to run parallel with the ocean. When you see the ocean and Mokoli‘i Island (Chinaman's Hat), you are very close to the park entrance.
Kualoa Regional Park is located on the Windward side of O'ahu, on the north edge of Kane‘ohe Bay. To get to Kualoa Regional Park from Honolulu, travel "Ewa" or west on H1 to Likelike Highway (63). Travel on Likelike Highway north through the Wilson tunnel. The road will wind down the mountains, so stay to your right and take the Kahekili Highway (83) cut off. Follow Kahekili Highway north for approximately 8 miles. The Park entrance will be on your right, or ocean side. Follow the road through the park. At the end of the road, there is a coral road off to the right and a sign pointing out campground "A." Follow the coral road to the parking area. The parking area does not have accessible parking or an access route. The Landeez All-Terrain Wheelchair is located at the camp office. The office is the last building at the end of the coral road.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Polynesian Cultural Center
Laie HI
~7.86 miles from Kahana city center
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The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a living museum located in La'ie, on the northern part of O?ahu, Hawai?i. Dedicated in October 12, 1963, the PCC is located on 42 acres (170,000 m²) of land owned by nearby Brigham Young University-Hawaii, where most of the 700 employees are enrolled as students.[1] Although it is largely a commercial venture, profits from the PCC are applied to various scholarship programs run by BYU-Hawaii.
Many performers at the center are students attending BYU-Hawaii on scholarship from their native lands, working up to 20 hours per week during school terms and full time during breaks in order to graduate debt-free. The money which visitors pay for admission, as well as profits from food and gift sales, supports the scholarship programs which have educated thousands of students over the years. Visitors are invited to take bus tours of the university to "see where your money is going," and to see the Laie Hawaii Temple visitor center.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Valley of the Temples
Heeia HI
~8.06 miles from Kahana city center
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Valley of the Temples Memorial Park is a memorial park located on the Windward (eastern) side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is a vast area of lush, rolling green hills at the foot of the Koolau mountains, overlooking the sleepy town of Kaneohe. Thousands of Buddhist, Shinto, Protestant and Catholic residents of Hawaii are buried in this memorial park.
The park features the replica of a 12th. century Japanese Buddhist temple built in the late 1960s. Its name is Byodo-In Temple which translates to the Phoenix temple, because of the two majestic metal phoenixes along the top ends of the main temple. It is a recreation of the Buddhist temple in Uji, Japan. Inside the main part of the temple there is a 9–12 ft Buddha sitting on a gold leaf lotus.
Also on the grounds are large Catholic statues depicting the Passion of Christ, the Virgin Mary, various Catholic saints, crypts and mausoleums of some of the most influential people in Hawaii. Most notable of those interred at the mausoleums of the Valley of the Temples is Walter F. Dillingham, Hawaiian entrepreneur and statesman. For a time, former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos was interred at a private mausoleum overlooking the Byodo-In Temple.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Hoomaluhia Botanical Gardens
Oahu Island HI
~11.68 miles from Kahana city center
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The Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden (approximately 400 acres) is a botanical garden located at 45-680 Luluku Road, Kane'ohe, Oahu, Hawaii. It is part of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens, and is open daily, without charge, except for Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
The garden was established in 1982, and designed and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for flood protection. It is a rainforest garden, with plantings from major tropical regions around the world, grouped into distinct collections that focus on Africa, Hawaii, India and Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Melanesia, the Philippines, Polynesia, and the tropical New World. Special emphasis is placed on conserving plants native to Hawaii and Polynesia, as well as arecaceae, aroids, and heliconias.
The garden includes a lake (32 acres) and walking trails, as well as a day use area, campgrounds, and a visitor center with lecture room, exhibition hall, workshop, and botanical library.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Dole Plantation
Wahiawa HI
~12.34 miles from Kahana city center
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Other than the continued success of the Dole Food Company in the twenty-first century, the memory of James Dole continues through such institutions as the Dole Plantation and the Dole Cannery in Honolulu. The tourist attraction known as the Dole Plantation was established in 1950 as a mere fruit stand in the middle of Dole's original pineapple fields. In 1989, the fruit stand was transformed into a plantation home mounted on what looks like a hill of red dirt, characteristic of Wahiawa. The plantation home became a living museum and historical archive of the life and work of the industrialist. The Plantation also features the world's largest maze, grown entirely out of native Hawaiian plants.
In 1991, the original Dole Cannery closed its operations and was transformed into a multi-purpose facility with media studios, conference rooms and ballrooms. The lower levels houses a modern shopping center and a 16-screen multiplex cinema owned by Regal Entertainment Group. The actual ginaca machines and cannery storage were preserved and turned into a museum of Hawaiian Pineapple Company history. Millions of visitors from around the world flock to these institutions annually.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Wheeler Army Airfield
Oahu Island HI
~12.88 miles from Kahana city center
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Wheeler Army Airfield is a United States Army post located in Honolulu on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National Historic Landmark. This former Air Force base is comprised of approximately 1,389 acres of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks. Wheeler AAF is home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Communications Agency, the Air Force’s 6010th Aerospace Defense Group, the Hawaii Army National Guard’s Aviation Support Facility, and the 25th Infantry Division (Light) Aviation Brigade.
Wheeler Army Airfield (IATA: HHI, ICAO: PHHI, FAA LID: HHI), also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National Historic Landmark for its role in the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Soldiers from Schofield Barracks began clearing earth to make an aircraft landing strip in February 1922. On Nov. 11 of that year, the resulting airfield was named in honor of Major Sheldon Harley Wheeler, killed in a plane crash on July 12, 1921, and commander of Luke Field on Ford Island at the time of his death. Wheeler Field was the site of several major historic aviation events prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, including the first nonstop Mainland-Hawai'i flight in 1927; the great Dole Air Race from California to Hawai'i; the first trans-Pacific flight from the U.S. to Australia in 1928, and the first Hawai'i-to-Mainland solo flight in 1935 by Amelia Earhart. Ms. Earhart visited Wheeler Field in 1935 in her Lockheed Vega and in 1937 in her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Kingsford Smith, in his plane, the Southern Cross, also used the airfield on his historic flights across the Pacific.
By 1940, Wheeler Field had evolved into a primary base for Army Air Corps pursuit (i.e., "fighter") aircraft such as the P-40 Warhawk, responsible for air defense of the Hawaiian Islands Territory. Wheeler Field continued in this role through World War II, as the Army Air Corps became the Army Air Forces.
With the establishment of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service in 1947, Wheeler Field became Wheeler Air Force Base under the operational control of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the installation hosted a number of Army and Air Force activities, including Army rotary-wing and fixed-wing aviation units and USAF fixed-wing air support / forward air control units flying the O-2 Skymaster and OV-10 Bronco. In August 1987, the Secretary of the Interior designated Wheeler Air Force Base, now Wheeler Army Airfield, a National Historic Landmark, recognizing it as a site of national significance in the history of the United States and in particular, World War II in the Pacific.
Wheeler AFB was returned to the Department of the Army on 1 November 1991 and renamed Wheeler Army Airfield. Wheeler AAF comprises approximately 1,389 acres (5.62 km2) of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks and home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) of the Hawaii Air National Guard, the 193rd Aviation Regiment (Medium Lift) and Det 55 OSA of the Hawaii Army National Guard and the Regular Army's B Company/214th Aviation (Heavy Lift), 68th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), and the 25th Infantry Division's (Light) Aviation Brigade .
Wheeler Army Airfield was a primary target and site of the first attack on 7 December 1941, leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attacked the airfield to prevent the numerous planes there from getting airborne and engaging them. The installation has a National Historic Landmark District in association with the attack on 7 December 1941. The 1941 Flightline, hangars and barracks survive today
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Kailua Beach
Oahu Island HI
~13.26 miles from Kahana city center
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Rated number one on the list of best beaches in America.
Activities: Kayaking, Swimming, Wind-Surfing
Address: 526 Kawailoa Road Kailua, Oahu, HI 96734
Tel: 808-263-5959
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Aloha Stadium - NFL pro bowl
99-500 Salt Lake Blvd Honolulu HI - 808-486-9555
~13.39 miles from Kahana city center
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Aloha Stadium is the largest and most versatile multi-purpose facility of its kind in Hawaii. The 50,000-seat facility officially opened on September 12, 1975.
It's also Hawaii's biggest outdoor swap meet with unbelievable bargains from hundreds of vendors selling an enormous range of items.
http://alohastadium.hawaii.gov/
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Lanikai Beach
Oahu Island HI
~13.66 miles from Kahana city center
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The water is exceptionally clear and blue and two beautiful, offshore island known as the Mokuluas, add to the tropical atmosphere of the area. Access is only available by a public access walkways. Please respect local resident's property.
Services and Amenities:
No Lifeguard
No facilities
No fresh water
Sandy Beach
Large rocks
Shady areas
Good swimming and snorkeling
Cautions:
Watch out for the Portugese Man-of-War (jellyfish) and stinging limu (seaweed) especially from June through September. Always monitor ocean conditions closely. Obey all postings and warning signs.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Schofield Barracks
Oahu Island HI
~13.75 miles from Kahana city center
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Schofield Barracks is a United States Army installation and census-designated place (CDP) located in the City and County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the island of Oahu, Hawaii United States. Schofield Barracks lies adjacent to the town of Wahiawa, separated from most of it by Lake Wilson (also known as Wahiawa Reservoir). Schofield Barracks is named after Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield. He was sent to Hawaii in 1872 and recommended the establishment of a naval base at Pearl Harbor.
Schofield Barracks occupies some 17,725 acres (72 km2) on Central O?ahu. The base was established in 1908 to provide mobile defense of Pearl Harbor and the entire island. It has been the home of the 25th Infantry Division, known as the Tropic Lightning Division, since 1941 as well as the Command Headquarters for United States Army Hawaii (USARHAW). Schofield Barracks is also home to the 8th Theater Sustainment Command. The population was 14,428 at the 2000 census.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
USS Arizona Memorial
Foster Village HI
~13.80 miles from Kahana city center
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The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of O?ahu was the action that led to United States involvement in World War II.
The memorial, dedicated in 1962 and visited by more than one million people annually, spans the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. Historical information about the attack, boat access to the memorial, and general visitor services are available at the associated USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, opened in 1980 and operated by the National Park Service. The sunken remains of the battleship were declared a National Historic Landmark on 5 May 1989.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
USS Missouri Memorial
Oahu Island HI
~14.52 miles from Kahana city center
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The standard group tour of the USS Missouri takes about an hour. It is a guided tour. After the tour is over, you can wander around the ship, although only about 5% of the interior of the ship is open to the standard tour customers. The crew's quarters, admiral's quarters, captain's quarters, radio rooms, machinery spaces, galley, and most other interior spaces including restrooms are closed and off limits. You can see into the bridge (where you steer the ship) but it is roped off. You cannot go into the gun turrets, either the 5 inch ones or the 16 inch ones. The ship was updated in the 1980's and it is not in WWII configuration. There are no anti-aircraft guns, for example, and no aircraft, and there are many other changes. It also has been outfitted with more modern weapons, including cruise missles and Phalanx.
The "Explorer's Tour" and "Chief's Tour" include visiting more of the ship, including a 16 inch turret and the engine room, but at a substantially higher cost.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Lyon Arboretum
Oahu Island HI
~14.90 miles from Kahana city center
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The Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre (0.8 km2) botanical garden managed by the University of Hawai?i at Manoa located at the upper end of Manoa Valley in Hawai?i. The Arboretum is open to the public on weekdays from 9 AM to 4 PM, and on Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM; admission is free.
Much of the Arboretum's botanical collection consists of an artificial lowland tropical rainforest with numerous trails and small water features.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Bishop Museum
Oahu Island HI
~14.93 miles from Kahana city center
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The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawai?i State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural and scientific artifacts. Besides the comprehensive exhibits of Hawaiiana, the Bishop Museum has an extensive entomological collection of over 13.5 million specimens, the third largest collection in the United States. The museum is accessible on public transit: TheBus Routes A, B, 1, 2, 7, 10.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Waimea National Audubon Society
Waimea (Oahu) HI
~15.02 miles from Kahana city center
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Waimea Valley is an area of historic cultural significance on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The valley, being an important place in Hawaiian religion, includes several historical structures including stone terraces and walls constructed during the time of the Hawaiian monarchy. Much of the garden floor was once cultivated for taro, sweet potato, and bananas, with new crops and orchards introduced by Europeans after their arrival.
Formerly known as the Waimea Valley Audubon Center and the Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden, the Waimea Valley is a historical nature park including botanical gardens. It is located at 59-864 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii and is open daily except for Christmas and New Year's Day; an admission fee is charged.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Waimea Bay Beach Park
Haleiwa HI
~15.31 miles from Kahana city center
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Waimea Bay Beach Park is home of the largest, dangerous, most spectacular, ridable surf in the world. It is located on the North Shore of O‘ahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River.
When someone hears the name "Waimea", chances are that images of 20-foot waves and daredevil surf monsters come to mind. That stereotype is correct. This beach is ranked among the top ten big-wave surf spots in the world, and when the waves are high, hardcore surfers come from the far corners of the globe to test their mettle. Novices are discouraged from swimming in the wintertime, which is the big-wave season at this beach. During the summer it is usually safe to take a dip, but make sure to consult the lifeguard first.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Pupukea Beach Park
Sunset Beach HI
~15.49 miles from Kahana city center
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Pupukea, which means “white shell” in the Hawaiian language, is a long and narrow stretch of beach with a rocky shoreline. On each end of the park lie two small pocket beaches within the rocks – Shark’s Cove and Three Tables. Both are very popular and fantastic dive and snorkeling sites, but mainly in the summer months when the surf is low. In the winter when the surf is up and dangerous, swimming, snorkeling and diving is often times not possible or recommended.
Shark’s Cove got its name from a popular story that says that the outline of a reef outside the cove looks like a shark when seen from above. In the summer months, Shark’s Cove is a prime snorkeling spot and even though the access to the water makes you wish you were a mountain goat, it is well frequented, but never too crowded. You have to climb down some very steep rocks to get to the small patches, where you can put your beach bag before jumping into the clear waters.
Three Tables is named like that because of the three flat reefs that lie off the beach. The “tables” emerge above the ocean’s surface during low tide. It's another great snorkeling spot, also only in summer as the surf is too wild and too dangerous in winter. In between both beaches you find a beachcomber's paradise with tide pools, surreal lava formations and the occasional blowhole.
In the middle of the park is the Honolulu Fire Department’s Sunset Beach Fire Station, an important base for the North Shore of Oahu. The firefighters stationed here respond to many ocean rescues.
Pupukea Beach Park is a marine life conservation area and has several great spots to play in the water along its narrow 80 acres on the side of Kamehameha Highway. Across the street is a Foodland supermarket and you‘ll find a lot of small surf-wear stores close by.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Sunset Beach Surfing Area
Makakilo City HI
~15.54 miles from Kahana city center
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The North Shore is the true model for Oahu's rugged and pristine natural allure. It's the prime Oahu surfing area, presenting the ultimate surfing conditions in the winter months, attracting thousands annually for world class surfing competitions. Banzai Pipeline, Sunset Beach and Waimea Bay are among the numerous northern Oahu beaches that feature colossal waves and big breaks. The North Shore is also known for much more then just surfing.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Banzai Pipeline Surfing Area
Makakilo City HI
~15.69 miles from Kahana city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Chinatown Cultural Plaza Center
100 N Beretania St # 304 Honolulu HI - 808-521-4934
~16.03 miles from Kahana city center
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The arrival of the Chinese in Honolulu can be traced to two ships, the Felice and Iphigenia, which set sail from southern China in 1788, and arrived in Hawaii December 6, 1788, and departed March 15, 1789. In the three months these ships were in Hawaii, it is assumed that all crewmen came ashore at one time or another. It is this period, 1789, which Hawaii Chinese historians commemorate as the official arrival of the first Chinese in Hawaii.In the 1800s, Chinatown became a community of family stores where the Chinese sold their wares.
First Contract Laborers
It wasn’t until 1852 that the Chinese became the first contract laborers to arrive in the islands. With the growth of the sugar industry, the need for plantation laborers became imperative, and China was selected as the best source of immediate cheap labor due to proximity and the interest of the Chinese in coming to Hawaii to work. Captain John Cass of the British ship Thetis brought 293 Chinese men under contract for five years at $3.00 per month to work in the plantations. Working conditions on the plantations would undoubtedly be considered harsh by today’s standards, but for many were better than what they had known in their home villages in China.
Between 1852 and 1876, 3,908 Chinese were imported as contract laborers, compared with only 148 Japanese and 223 South Sea Islanders. Around 1882, the Chinese in Hawaii formed nearly 49% of the total plantation working force, and for a time outnumbered Caucasians in the islands.
By 1884, the Chinese population in Honolulu reached 5,000, and the number of Chinese doing plantation work declined. The Chinese were very enterprising, and preferred to become self-employed. As a group they became very important in business in Hawaii, and 75% of them were concentrated in the 25 acres of downtown called Chinatown where they built their clubhouses, herb shops, restaurants, temples and retail stores. In 1896, there were 153 Chinese stores in Honolulu, of which 72 were in Chinatown.
Chinatown Fires
In 1886, calamity struck Chinatown when a fire raged out of control and destroyed the homes of 7,000 Chinese and 350 Native Hawaiians and most of Chinatown. The fire lasted three days and destroyed over eight blocks of Chinatown. The Legislative Assembly enacted laws to regulate the re-building of Chinatown in accordance with fire precautions, but many new buildings were put up in violation of government rules. This contributed to the even larger conflagration of 1900 which came about as a result of deliberate fires set by the Board of Health in an effort to wipe out the bubonic plague which was spreading through Chinatown.
The Chinese Store – A Slice of Old Chinatown Life
The Chinese store was an important social institution to the immigrants. The storekeepers loaned money, acted as a bank and post office, and wrote and read letters for the illiterate immigrants. The Chinese store also offered a place to stay and a meal, usually for people who came from the same village back home. The stores operated this way even into the 1930s. In less than 10 years after the arrival of the first large group of Chinese laborers, 60% of the wholesale and retail establishments of the islands were operated by Chinese. By 1880, they held 24% of the wholesale, 62% of the retail and 85% of the restaurant licenses issued.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Foster Botanical Gardens
Oahu Island HI
~16.08 miles from Kahana city center
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Foster Botanical Garden, measuring 13.5 acres (5.5 ha), is one of three botanical gardens located at 50 North Vineyard Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (near Chinatown at the intersection of Nu'uanu avenue and Vineyard Boulevard). Foster is unique in that it is in a highly urban area with strip malls, schools, and both Buddhist and Methodist religious facilities nearby.
The Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Hawaii, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Police Beach
Waimea (Oahu) HI
~16.20 miles from Kahana city center
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This palm grove lies behind the beach along the paths that run behind Pua'ena Pt. near the parking lot for Hale'iwa Beach Park.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Contemporary Museum
Oahu Island HI
~16.32 miles from Kahana city center
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Looking for a respite from the sand, sea and palm trees? The Contemporary Museum on Oahu is a Hidden Place where you can happily spend an hour or a day.
Located on Honolulu’s scenic Makiki Heights, The Contemporary Museum combines exhibitions of contemporary art with terraced gardens and spectacular views. The museum’s satellite gallery, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center in downtown Honolulu, features rotating exhibitions of the work of Hawaii artists.
The Contemporary Museum (TCM) is the only museum in the state of Hawaii devoted exclusively to contemporary art in a beautifully preserved structure that maintains a subtle blending of Asian and island features. The collections present contemporary art from the 1940s in rotating exhibits. Artists represented include Josef Albers, Jennifer Bartlett, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Masami Teraoka, and Andy Warhol. There are permanent, temporary and traveling exhibitions, one-man and group shows, gallery talks by artists and curators, performances, and daily docent tours. Exhibitions offer interaction with art and artists in a unique island environment. The Makiki Heights location also includes a a garden café that presents several changing exhibitions each year‚ an eclectic museum shop, and a library.
The gardens at TCM's Makiki Heights are a destination in themselves. Completed between 1928 and 1941 by Reverend K.H. Inagaki, a local minister with a love for landscape architecture, the gardens were designed to provide a place to retreat, meditate and experience the harmony of nature. The gardens include wide expanses of lawn, reflecting pools, a sun-drenched tropical terrace garden, views of Diamond Head, walking paths, and places to sit. The garden is open to the public during museum hours and is a natural setting for viewing art works as well as a quiet place for contemplation and renewal.
The Contemporary Museum also has a site in the corporate headquarters of First Hawaiian Bank in downtown Honolulu. The venue provides a convenient downtown location to view art by resident artists, former residents of Hawaii, or artists who have created a body of work in the Islands. Flanked by a dramatic art-glass wall consisting of 185 prisms, the galleries are located in the main banking hall and on the second floor of First Hawaiian Center.
The Contemporary Museum
2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
Museum/Shop Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday
10 am – 4 p.m.
Sunday noon – 4 p.m.
Café Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday
11:30 am – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday noon – 2:30 p.m.
Closed Mondays & major holidays:
New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day
Admission: Adults $5; Seniors & Students w/ valid ID $3
Free to children 12 & under
Free to the public on the third Thursday of each month
Free admission to The Contemporary Museum Café & The Museum Shop
Public transportation: take the #15 to Makiki Heights Drive.
Local: (808) 526-1322, Toll free: (866) 991-2835, or fax: (808) 536-5973.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Oahu Island HI
~16.33 miles from Kahana city center
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The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (also Punchbowl National Cemetery) is a cemetery located in Honolulu, Hawaii that serves a memorial to those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. It is administered by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thousands of visitors visit the cemetery each year, and it is one of the more popular tourist attractions in Hawaii.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Hawaii Theater
Oahu Island HI
~16.42 miles from Kahana city center
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51130 Bethel Street, Honolulu
808-528-0506
Built in 1922 as a vaudeville house it was complete with orchestra pit and dressing rooms. Later the building became a movie theater. Closed for a number of years, the theater was renovated and reopened in May, 1996, as a 1,400-seat multipurpose performance facility. It is designed to accommodate concerts and musical theater as well as the revered Hawaii International Film Festival.
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Hawaii State Art Museum
Oahu Island HI
~16.57 miles from Kahana city center
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The Hawai?i State Art Museum is operated by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and is located on the second floor of the No. 1 Capitol District Building, 250 South Hotel Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is closed Sunday, Monday and all state and federal holidays. The museum is also open for First Friday, the downtown gallery walk held on the first Friday of every month, from 5-9 p.m. Admission is free at all times.
The museum consists of three galleries. In addition to changing temporary exhibitions, there is a permanent display of the art of Hawaii. It reflects a mix of Hawaii's ethnic and cultural traditions through 132 works of art by 105 artists. In a wide variety of artistic styles, movements, and media, the exhibition illustrates the varied cultural influences that fuel the creativity of Hawaii's artists.
Predominately comprising works dating from the 1960s to the present, the exhibition depicts the expression of artists throughout the state and their profound contributions toward understanding the people of Hawaii and their aspirations. Sculptor Satoru Abe (1926-), sculptor Bumpei Akaji (1921-2002), sculptor Edward M. Brownlee (1929-), Jean Charlot (1898-1979), Isami Doi (1883-1931), Juliette May Fraser (1887-1983), Hon Chew Hee (1906-1993), John Melville Kelly (1877-1962), Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912-), ceramicist Sally Fletcher-Murchison (1933-), printmaker Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (1881-1961), Ben Norris (1910-2006), Louis Pohl (1915-1999), Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886-1985), Tadashi Sato (1954-2005), Reuben Tam (1916-1991), ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu (1922-), Masami Teraoka (1936-) and Madge Tennent (1889-1972) are among the artists whose works are on display.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Hawaii State Capitol
Oahu Island HI
~16.67 miles from Kahana city center
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The Hawaii State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of Hawaii in the United States. From its chambers, the executive and legislative branches administer their duties in the governance of the state. The Hawaii State Legislature—composed of the twenty-five member Hawaii State Senate led by the President of the Senate and the fifty-one member Hawaii State House of Representatives led by the Speaker of the House—convenes in the building. Its principal tenants are the Governor of Hawaii and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, as well as all legislative offices.
Located in downtown Honolulu, the Hawaii State Capitol was commissioned and dedicated by John A. Burns, second Governor of Hawaii. It opened on March 15, 1969 and replaced the former statehouse, 'Iolani Palace.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Kahana
Iolani Palace
Oahu Island HI
~16.70 miles from Kahana city center
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?Iolani Palace, situated in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawai?i, is the only royal palace used as an official residence by a reigning monarch in the United States and is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two monarchs governed from ?Iolani Palace: King David Kalakaua and Queen Lili?uokalani. After the monarchy was overthrown in 1893, the building was used as the capitol building for the Provisional Government, Republic, Territory, and State of Hawai?i until 1969. The palace was opened to the public as a museum in 1978.
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Honolulu Academy of Arts
Oahu Island HI
~16.88 miles from Kahana city center
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The Honolulu Academy of Arts was chartered in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke (Mrs. Charles Montague Cooke), who desired to share her love for the arts with the children of Honolulu and Hawai?i. Since the doors opened April 8, 1927, the Academy has steadily grown to become Hawai?i’s largest private presenter of visual arts programs, boasting a permanent collection of over 40,000 works of art from cultures around the world.
The Academy is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is also registered as a National and State Historical site. In 1990, the Academy Art Center was opened to provide a program of studio art classes and workshops. In 2001, the Academy opened the new Henry R. Luce Pavilion Complex with the new Pavilion Café, Academy Shop, and the Henry R. Luce Wing with 8,000 square feet (740 m2) of gallery space. In 2005, the Asian Painting Conservation Center was opened to provide ongoing conservation efforts for the Academy’s renowned Asian collection.
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