Congratulations to this year’s 83rd Annual Lei Day Celebration’s Lei Queen and Princesses – (l-r) First Princess Lauri-Ann Kawehilani Kaui Quihano; Lei Queen Jamie Kaohulani Detwiler; Princess Marie Keaokulakamalukukui Paresa.
Hawaii loves SPAM (canned, Spiced Ham made by Hormel Foods Corporation). This past weekend (April 25th), tens of thousands of locals and tourists jam packed Kalakaua Avenue for the 8th Annual Waikiki SPAM Jam. This event featured everything SPAM – food from Hawaii’s top restaurants and SPAM-related merchandise, local entertainment and a variety of craft vendors.
Click here for photo highlights from this year’s Waikiki SPAM Jam.
A few dozen lined up bright and early this morning at the Apple Store (Royal Hawaiian Center) to get their hands on the new Apple iPad. Apple employees were also passing out Starbucks drinks to those in line.
The 2010 Honolulu Family Festival kicks off this Thursday, March 25th at Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park. There will be E.K. Fernandez rides and games, food and lots of great entertainment. The Honolulu Family Festival runs thru Sunday. Bring your family and friends for an exciting weekend at the park.
You can follow Honolulu Family Festival on Twitter at @HonFamFestival.
The 16th Annual Honolulu Festival kicked off today at various locations including the Hawaii Convention Center. The event continues tomorrow and wraps up with a Grand Parade down Kalakaua Avenue at 4:30 pm.
This morning, Hawaii residents woke up to a tsunami warning at 6am, advising anyone living in a tsunami inundation zone to evacute and head to higher grounds.
Highlights from this year’s ‘Night In Chinatown Parade‘. The parade took place on Hotel Street (starting from the State Capital to Mauankea St.) on February 6th. A block party followed after the parade.
Enjoy live streaming video of Waikiki Beach overlooking the Duke Kahanamoku Statue via the city's Live WebCam and on the other end, near Queen's Beach, the Kuhio Beach WebCam.
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Hawaii's own and JPop (Japanese Pop) aritst, Yuna Ito just released her 11th single ‘Miss You’ on September 3, 2008 in Japan under the Sony Music label.
Yuna Ito (24), Hawaii-raised Japanese-Korean singer, graduated from McKinley High School in 2001. She has released two albums, ‘HEART’ (debuted at #1 on the Oricon Charts) and ‘WISH’ (#3) and the first local girl to sing a duet with Celine Dion for the single, ‘Anata ga Iru Kagiri ~A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN’.
Remember Camile Velasco?, the other Hawaii finalist of American Idol Season 3? She will be releasing her first single, "Guava Jelly," a cover of the Bob Marley classic on iTunes on Tuesday (Oct.14). She also plans to release her debut full-length album in early 2009.