The History Behind Waipahu

What used to be a sugar plantation is now the town of Waipahu, located in the ?Ewa District on the island of Oahu. The sugar plantation began production in the late 1800’s in what was a very remote and rural area at the time.  Workers on the plantation came ...

Pearl City is Filled with History

Pearl Harbor is an integral part of American history. The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.  There is also the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor and the USS Utah Memorial, and, of course, the USS Arizona Memorial in ...

Mililani – An Award-Winning Community in Central Oahu

The community of Mililani sits in the center of the island Oahu. Named one of Money Magazine’s best places to live in the U.S. in 2005, Mililani ranked as an All-America City in 1986 (the only community in Hawaii ever so designated).  According to Pacific Business News, Mililani ...

Living in Waikele

A Little History About Waikele

Waikele is on the leeward side of Oahu. The Oahu Sugar Company owned most of what is now Waikele for most of the 1900’s. The area around Waikele has seen many uses; it has been a fishing village, an agricultural area and a sugar ...

Experience the Graciousness of Ko Olina

On the leeward side of the island of Oahu is Ko Olina, home to gracious resorts, gorgeous golf courses and great ocean adventures.  There are four man-made lagoons in the Ko Olina area. The names of the lagoons are Kolola, Hanu, Nai'a, and Ulua.  Each lagoon is great for ...

Making Aiea Your Home

What’s in a Name?

Just off the Kamehameha Highway is the community of Aiea, a place of both beauty and charm.  Some say Aiea’s greatest claim to fame is that it is one of the few cities in the world whose name consists entirely of vowels.  However, there ...

Kapolei, the Second City of Oahu

Kapolei is the "second city" on Oahu.  It comes by that name mostly because it is the second largest city on the island (next to Honolulu).  Despite the fact that Kapolei was once very rural, it is growing rapidly.  Kapolei is about 25 miles outside of Honolulu and sits upon ...