One of the unexpected pleasures of traveling to many people in the Big Island, the discovery of rich and diverse tapestry that weaves the story around the island of Hawaii. Hawaii is the only state in the Union to royal palaces, temples, gods and browsing history and architecture that spans a millennium and a half. Many people do not realize that the Kona coast an important region of the major fishing villages, farms taro and religious centers for an hour and a half millennium was.However, the Kona region rose to become overweight as religious and political center, as King Umi established his capital here in the 16th Century.
In 1812 King Kamehameha Kailua Kona, founded as the capital of its new United Kingdom of Hawaii. For nearly 400 years, temples and palaces throughout the region served as a sort of Kona "Rome of the Pacific, one of the greatest political and cultural center in Polynesia, the capital of the kingdom was moved to Honolulu in 1850 by KamehamehaIII. Drift in a sleepy, back-water solidification territorial dozing Kailua Kona Town and the District gently through the decades plantation era and the beginning of a state in modern times. Today is booming and exciting, this rapidly evolving field of cultural and financial center of the rebirth of the Big Island in the new century. Remember when I describe the district of Kona as "fast growing and exciting ... fast moving field," I "is booming and exciting" mean very Hawaiian, soft and relaxedWay.
Some of the most important historic sites throughout Polynesia are here in Kona --- give a brief overview of the region Kona Kealakekua, part of which lies along the road south from Hawaii Belt Kainaliu, turning at the intersection with Highway 160 to Napo'opo'oe down to Honaunau. It was in this region of the old king ruled out and dispensed justice, where the great explorer James Cook spent time between the Hawaiians and eventually lost his life, and where the twoMaintenance of agricultural industries in the livestock and agriculture flourishes were born in Hawaii and coffee.
Kainaliu Town
Napping gently on both sides of Highway 11, Kainaliu town on the main shopping centers in the country until Kona. Kainaliu grown ass at the confluence of two tracks that are waiting for the industries of sugar, coffee and livestock, some time after the construction of the church in the 1867th Lanakila The main attraction in Kainaliu is by far theAloha Theater and Aloha Angel Cafe. This beautiful and historic theater is still the place for any kind of shows and films, is the heart of Kona Association for the Performing Arts (KAPA). Another interesting attraction is the amazing Oshima grocery and dry goods store ("If you do not, you do not need it"). In addition, the city offers many other companies, galleries, furniture, thrift, herbal shops, andnumerous restaurants and cafes. Donkey Balls a candy factory tours are fun and tasty samples and Captain Cook a roast of coffee in the city center, day trips are offered. If the weather is wet in West Hawai'i, or need relief from the heat at the beach, spent a day of surfing and eating in a cool, shady Kainaliu is a real treat.
Aloha Theatre
The Aloha Theater and its bar to serve as a meeting place for the community andHome of classic and second run movies, independent and Hawaii International Film Festival and various community events. Aloha Theatre Construction began in 1929 and completed in 1932, long before Hawaii was a state. Starting life as a silent film, has survived the transition to the "sound" and the great fire of 1948 that destroyed much of it is part of the city. Still in use today as a center for the performing arts Kona Association for the PerformingArts, live music and dance, and film. The Quonset hut original form, the theater building and the original frame is still in use are very typical of the style used in other theaters, this time in Hawaii. Aloha Angel Café is connected to the theater to find a wonderful flavor and offers a wide selection of appetizers, baked goods and sweets, and is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Kona Hongwanji
Originally missionHo'okena Built in 1897 this was moved in Kainaliu Shin Buddhist temple in 1906. The stone arch was built in 1915 and the temple itself has been extensively modified over the years, although the current structure of the provision dates back to 1980. On the main altar is an image carved of sandalwood the Amida Buddha, which was consecrated in 1933.
Kalukalu Homestead (Greenwell Farm) / Greenwell Store / Kona Historical Society Museum
Family members have Greenwellwas important in history and society from Henry Nicholas Greenwell Kona purchased 300 hectares of farmland in Kalukalu in 1850. Leaving the British military service at age 23 was for the adventure of gold rush in California, Henry Greenwell, off-loading supplies and embarked on the evil kingdom of Hawaii in search of a doctor for healing. Once settled in Kona, and like many pioneers in Hawai'i had Henry Greenwell several companies and served the community in many ways: He was not only aFarmer but also a sheep farmer and Herder, a milk producer, importer, agent, school, post master and the customs agent Kealakekua Bay. He married Edith Caroline Greenwell in 1868 and raised 10 children. In the course of his life in Kona, he was President and its neighbors, competitors and partners about the massive changes in agriculture in West Hawai'i to small plots, kuleana Hawaii or the family were soon on a large scale sugar plantations and Coffee and ranch displaced. The originalGreenwell Kalukalu house was demolished in 1960, but the business Henry Greenwell in 1875 is still being built and operated as a museum of the Kona Historical Society. shop Greenwell was one of the first commercial enterprises to serve the growing Kona mountain settlements until then meant bad road vehicle Most shops and businesses were along the coast, in ports such as Kailua and Napo'opo'o. Greenwell farms 15 acres in coffee, the plantation produces aMillion pounds of coffee per year is open for free tours from Monday to Saturday from 8 to 4:30, tour lasts about 15-20 minutes. Greenwell in the store the original building, the Kona Historical Society has its offices, stores and maintains a small museum. The museum has a number of interesting artifacts from the early years of life and Kona coffee and sugar production, as well as an impressive archive of historic photographs, which can be viewed by appointment. The museum is open weekdays 9-3, $ 2Approval.
D. Uchida coffee plantation
Have you ever wondered what life on a farm in Kona coffee during the period around 1900? D. Uchida Coffee Farm is where you feel the experience and history of the first Japanese coffee farmers in Kona. Kona Historical Society of today has developed in collaboration with the Community of Kona coffee, a project that has both and informed the visitors of the history of Kona coffee. It 'an opportunity to gain insight into a way of life passed Konadeleted shortly after all. The Kona Historical Society organizes day trips.
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Hawaiian culture and society, living on the island because of limited resources, efficient and knowledgeable about the use of a variety of equipment for construction, medicine, food, clothes and almost every other aspect of life in the second half Hawaiian. The Amy Greenwell Ethno botanical gardens preserve this ancient knowledgeand the rapid disappearance of plants in a garden, which is now under the patronage of the Bishop Museum running. Amy Greenwell had a wild and wide-ranging curiosity about plants and their cultural uses, so that this garden is home to not only native Hawaiian plants and herbs, but also a variety of botanical species from all over the tropical Pacific. The park is open from sunrise to sunset, seven days a week and there are free guided tours the first and second Saturday of the month at 10 clock.Other tours can be taken after consultation.
Manago Hotel
Built in 1917 by a Japanese mail order bride and her husband with an initial investment of U.S. $ 100, Manago Hotel began as a single house and developed by numerous changes in the oldest continuously operating hotel in Hawaii, Iceland. Kinzo Osam Manago and his wife bought the original cabin, oven and land with borrowed money. Provision of food and futon to accommodate visitors who Managoscontinually rebuilt and enlarged the house to the increasing demand of travelers in the Big Iceland. The talisman must post or Toko Bashiri, a Japanese company was purchased in 1917. At that time all I could afford that had a trunk of coconut, soaked to soften the artist in the ocean and keep termites. If you visit, you should see in the lobby, still hard as a rock, still beautiful after almost 100 years. Today the grandchildren run the Kinzo and OsamHotel with tradition, hard work, love and commitment for services that have brought their parents and grandparents at the hotel. The restaurant is still famous stuffed pork chops, preferably on the island. If you come to dinner, to stay or just see this wonderful piece of living history of Hawaii, you should try a walk through the lobby and pictures of the old Kona.
Kealakekua Bay and the historic district, archaeological / Captain CookMonument
Kealakekua Bay is one of the truly magical places in the state of Hawaii. Nice and quiet, Kealakekua Bay (Path of the Gods) opens in a steep rocky bushy old surf on the beach along the coast of Napo'opo'o Village. The site of the most important event in the history of Polynesia and the incomparable scenery is majestic Kealakekua Bay is now home to pods of dolphins frolic, hosts the highest density of hammerSharks all over the Pacific Ocean and offers some amazing snorkeling. Captain James Cook made his long visit with, and the deepest impression on the native Hawaiian on his arrival in late November 1778. And it was on the shore of Kealakekua Bay, where he met his tragic end in February 1779 during his second visit. Forever changed by the time of arrival of Cook, that the development of society Hawaii soon so that the Native Hawaiian hardly changesubmitted only days before the British bank has done. In 1874 British sailors of the actual monument to Captain Cook white obelisk, erected in a location some distance from where he actually killed, although there is a monument of concrete in the intertidal zone to the west along the river from the monument marking the actual location is was killed. The area is a piece of British territory on American soil and is managed by Brit sailors. You can see the monument onNapo'opo'o Bay, passing the ruins of the village Ka'awaloa. Today, most tourists choose to come by boat to visit the monument itself. However, the monument with a hike along a trail down the highway, this hike takes 2-4 hours round trip, and drinking water is not available anywhere during the trip. Perhaps the area's most popular snorkeling in Hawaii, guests often enjoy kayaking Napo'opo'o monument to Triple-A class of abundant water and seaLive there. They have a high along the cliffs, numerous caves of the major iwi (bones) of Ali'ie the late afternoon light we see is a gray stripes visible on the north-west wall. Local legend says that a cannonball fired from Hawaiian Cook impression on these strips left as they smeared and crashed along the coast. Close down the beach, is historical Hikiau (Moving Current) heiau by the centuries, witnessed the tsunami tragedy of enormous changes that swept by Hawai'iCome Cook and the Europeans, which began here in Kealakekua Bay.
The St. Benedict Catholic Church (Painted Church)
In 1899, Catholic priest John Velghe landed in Honaunau and built his church. After the interior of the former parishes of the Marquesas and Tahiti, decorated with painted scenes from Bible stories, went to the interior of the church decorated with scenes inspired by whimsical, earning the nickname of this church, is more oftenknown as the "Painted Church".
Place of refuge / Pu 'u Honu O Honaunau National Historic Park
One of the most beautiful, tranquil and beautiful in all the islands of Hawaii, Pu'u Honu O Honaunau is a place of rest and recuperation for the tired and weary soul. Of great historical and cultural importance of the sacred soil of Honaunau of the best preserved and biggest yet Pu'u Honu or place of refuge in the complex Hawai'i. The templeRoyal complex and royal residences located in Pu'u Honu O Honaunau National Historical Park in 1961, are large, well maintained and full of a peace-filled soul. On the site of the hut, even the stone platform, "Ale'alea that was used for the sport is," said Stone Keoua, legendary resting place of Ali'ie Ka'ahumanu Stone, where the favorite wife of Kamehameha Big fights in secret with her husband. At the center of the park runs the WallHonaunau, 100 meters long, 10 meters high and 17 feet thick. E 'separated the castle of Ali' from the temple site of Pu'u Honu. The wall was no mortar or dressing of stones and survived in this tectonically active region for over 500 years. In the royal residence, landing in a canoe on Keone'ele Cove, Heleipolala fishpond, reconstructed several homes and a canoe hale and the famous Hale Keawe, where the iwi (bones) of not less than 23 Ali'iAncestors of Kamehameha once were stored.
King's Trail / lava tube
The King's Trail, Ala or Ali'i was renamed the Trail of 1871, residents were asked if their tax liability, the monarchy during the service inside road and falling squares. The trail leaves the road from the city of refuge along the right way for the National Park Picnic Area, or deposited by the Shoreline Trail, the southern end of the picnic area. Along the way are the ruinsseveral villages in Hawaii, Heiau, cattle pens and so on. The trail also crosses over a large lava tube that are only about 150 meters long and leads to a spectacular view of the sea, where the rock about 40 meters above the water.
To celebrate the completion of Soirée Town, the time in Honaunau, you really dive into the refreshing waters of Honaunau Bay swim wonderfully Two Step Beach, with colorful tropical fish, green surprisingSea turtles and dolphins. Or you might be a cup of Kona coffee at a popular stop in a series of local coffee shops between Captain Cook and Kainaliu ... are not the hard monotony of repetitive ubiquitous Starbuck, which reflects each individual's special Kona coffee cafe, the personality of the local farmers and roasters producing Kona coffee widespread among the best in the world. Also makes a unique and exclusive galleries and shops along this stretch of highwayshopping experience for unique gifts perfect to take home.
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