From a bowling-and-arcade hangout in Waikīkī and electric dirt bikes in Kapolei to a Kailua art studio with no time limits, a sunrise waterfall tour and a new West Side concert ground, here are six new things to do on…
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Kaya's Store has stood on Kamehameha Highway in Punaluʻu since 1946, selling lumber, cement and lawnmowers before butter mochi and plate lunches. Here's how…
Waimea Valley celebrates the Makahiki season on Veterans Day, Wed., Nov. 11, with the Te Moana Nui Games: coconut tree climbing, fruit-carrying races and…
The National Park Service started free guided tours of Honouliuli, Hawaiʻi's largest WWII incarceration and prisoner-of-war camp, this year. Every remaining 2026 date is…
From Waiʻanae Moku Made on Nov. 14 to Kapolei City Lights on Nov. 28 and Honolulu City Lights on Dec. 5, here are Oʻahu's…
Waiʻanae Moku Made brings its holiday Kalikimaka Edition to Kalanihoʻokahā Community Learning Center on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 4 p.m. It's an evening mākeke…
Yame Matcha House, the matcha trailer UH Mānoa students know, opens its first brick-and-mortar café on Kawaiahaʻo Street in Kakaʻako today, Nov. 7. It…
Brian Wong’s Buns Gone Wong smash-burger pop-up serves Oklahoma-style wagyu burgers from $7 at Paradise Ciders in Mapunapuna Thursdays through Sundays, with a Sunday…
The Collective Cafe, a new coffee and matcha bar that shares a space with The Collective Barbershop on North King Street, opened this week…
Kaimukī's Small Business Saturday party marks its 10th year on Sat., Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with discounts at more than…
Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11. Here's where to watch the Wahiawā Lions' 80th annual parade, how to attend the free Punchbowl and Battleship…
Mōʻiliʻili pianist Christina Sochor, 23, celebrates her debut album "Not a Phone in Sight," jazz and neo-soul takes on video game classics, with a…
The Kāhala Hotel & Resort’s Sunday brunch buffet now runs at Plumeria Beach House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a 20% kamaʻāina…
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 4, Don Don Donki in Kapolei sells a $9.99 chicken tenders plate, with about a pound of tenders, every Wednesday from…
Katsu Zen now serves a Japanese breakfast at its solo-dining counter plus a $5 afternoon bento, and The Dotted Line has brought back Girl…
Drip Studio HNL, the specialty coffee house on Fort Street Mall, landed No. 2 on USA Today’s 10Best Best Independent Coffee Shops list for…
For more than three decades, Mitsu-Ken Okazu & Catering has drawn early-morning lines in Kalihi for its glazed, boneless garlic chicken and its packed…
Big City Diner closed its Windward Mall restaurant on Oct. 31 after 11 years; here's the 28-year story of the locally owned diner, where…
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Before it was Oʻahu's favorite fall pumpkin patch, Waimānalo Country Farms spent decades as a family truck farm, a melon farm and a corn…
Your ballot has to reach elections officials by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here's where Oʻahu voters can drop it off, vote in…
