Barber's Point Lighthouse at dusk

A swan joined the koi in the pond at the Byodo-In Temple. Those are very well-fed koi. That the gift shop sells food for the koi probably...

Two koi, Yamamoto San and Takahashi San, were seen together at the Byodo-In Temple, where "Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember"...

This just in from Mike Quigley. It's interesting to see which episodes were liked and which were disliked. It's also interesting, albeit...

Ever since the overthrowal of the Kingdom of Hawai’i, efforts have been made to extinguish the native language from the Islands. Today,...

Outrigger Canoes on the Beach beside the Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon as the Sun Rises

Makapu'u Lighthouse high atop Makapu'u Point, as seen from Makapu'u Beach We saw the Makapu'u lighthouse from atop Makapu'u Point in...

Tanzanite (Didier Descouens. Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons) In "Over Fifty? Steal" (Season 3), Lewis Avery Filer (Hume Cronyn)...

In August 2009, I started a website, Memories of Hawaii Five-0. In it, I focused both on the original show and on its star, Jack Lord....

A view from Diamond Head Road

Jack was considered in the 1960s for the leading role in the British television program, Man in a  Suitcase. Yes! He would have portrayed...

Harrison Johnson may be 11 years old, but he has collected $92,000 towards his $100,000 goal to preserve historical sites. It all began...

From an ancient heiau to a mid-century modern house, Hawaiian and architectural history abounds on Tantalus Mountain. It seems some...

Go back and watch "Welcome to Our Branch Office" (Season 7). Act 1. In writing, if one is writing about a bear, s/he is advised, first of...

Chinaman's Hat as seen from Kualoa Beach Park One can wade out to it at low tide but sometimes be stranded there when the tide comes in.

The last survivor of the USS Arizona has passed away. Lieutenant Commander Lou Conter was 102 years old when he passed away peacefully of...

May you and your family have a very happy and meaningful Easter.

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YWCA Building The YWCA Building sits across Richards Street from 'Iolani Palace. In "'V' for Vashon: The Father" (Season 5), it was said...