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O'ahu - Honolulu - O'ahu Cemetery: Fred Makino

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:14:47 -0800

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Frederick Kinzaburo Makino (August 28, 1877 -February 17, 1953) and his wife, Michiyl Makino, are buried in O'ahu Cemetery.

Japanese native Fred Makino came to Hawaii in 1899 and opened up a dug store that soon became a consulting service for poor Japapnese plantation workers. In 1908 he joined with Yasutaro Soga, editor of the Japanese Newspaper Nippu Jiji, and Motoyuki Negoro to form the Zokyu Kisei Kai (Higher Wage Association) to begin a protest of the plantations' practice of paying Japanese laborers less than workers of other races. As Chairman of that early Japanese Labor Union, he led the first well organized strike of Japanese sugar workers on O‘ahu. Arrested and imprisoned on conspiracy charges, he was eventually pardoned by Governor Mott-Smith. In 1912 Makino started his own Newspaper, The Hawaii Hochi, out of his dissatisfaction with Yasutaro Soga's Japanese-language paper, the Nippu Jiji, which critics said was connected to the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association. The Hochi under Makino's leadership became a strong voice in support of Workers and their long struggle for recognition and acceptance.

O'ahu - Honolulu: Harbor Court

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:52:29 -0800

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Harbor Court, at 66 Queen Street, is a 41-story tower built in 1994 by Lacayo Architects. The postmodern mixed use tower features 18 floors of commercial space, a mezzanine level restaurant, a plaza level retail arcade, 120 luxury residential condominium apartments and Honolulu's largest covered parking garage with 1,046 spaces.

Valley of Temples Memorial Park Windward Mortuary

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:07 -0700

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The Valley of Temples Memorial Park, located on the windward side of O'ahu, is a vast area of lush, rolling green hills at the foot of the Ko'olau Mountains. Thousands of Buddhist, Shinto, Protestant and Catholic residents of Hawai'i are buried in the park, which features Byodo-In Temple, a replica of a 12th century Japanese Buddhist temple.

O'ahu - Honolulu: Awareness Geezers

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:11:01 -0700

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Awareness Geezers, a mural by the artist Chase, was installed next to 521 Kapahulu Avenue in 2008. Chase, an artist/designer and Belgium transplant living in Los Angeles, paints free murals around the world. Many depict young children with the theme "Remember Who You Are." Others revolve around the "Awareness Geezers" who "are best described as colorful characters who have stumbled upon spirituality and awareness not by following the suggested path in life, but rather by having created their own path, guided by their sense of adventure and an 'irreducable element of rascality.' The “Awareness Geezers” bring with them the fruits of their experiences in the form of uplifting messages such as “you can’t until you say you can”, “be peace”, and “go without if you don’t go within”. The messages are designed to inspire soul-searching conversations with one’s self or with others."

O'ahu - Honolulu - Waikīkī: Kapi'olani Park - Mohandas K. Gandhi

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:48 -0700

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The statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi, designed by Stephen C. Lowe, was installed in Kapi'olani Park on October 27, 1990 by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation.

Kapi'olani Park, located on the east end of Waikīkī at the foot of Diamond Head, was dedicated on June 11, 1877 as the first Hawaiian public space. The unoccupied, flat, dry space was originally chosen by King Kalākaua because it made for a good grounds for horse races. The Kapiolani Park Association, led by Scotsman Archibald Cleghorn, Governor of Oahu and father of Princess Kaiulani, was chartered with the development of the space. Following the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the land was reverted to the Republic of Hawaii and since 1913 it has been maintained by the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Parks & Recreated. At 300-acres, it is also the largest municipal park on the Hawaiian Islands. Named after Queen Kapi'olani, the Queen Consort of King David Kalākaua, today it is home to the Waikiki Shell, Natatorium, Waikiki Aquarium and the Honolulu Zoo.

O'ahu: Kamehameha Highway

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:57:19 -0700

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Kamehameha Highway is one of the main highways serving suburban and rural O‘ahu. Starting from Nimitz Highway near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, it serves the island's older western suburbs, turning north across the O‘ahu Central Valley to the North Shore. At the North Shore, Kamehameha Highway heads northeast around the northern tip of O‘ahu, then southeast to and just beyond Ka-ne‘ohe Bay on the windward coast.

As Route 99, this stretch of Kamehameha Highway travels through pineapple fields and sugar cane fields from Route 80 in Wahiawa to its junction with Route 83 near Haleiwa.

O'ahu - Honolulu: HNL - Luau

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:42:54 -0700

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Luau, a 80-foot long, 13-foot tall, concrete relief mural executed by Tom Van Sant, was installed along the central concourse at checkpoint 3 at Honolulu International Airport.

O'ahu - Kāne'ohe: Byodo-In

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:11 -0700

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The Byodo-In (平等院) Buddhist Temple, located at 47-200 Kahekili Highway in Kaneohe's Valley of Temples, is a half-size replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in Buddhist temple located at Uhi in Kyoto, Japan. Located at the foot of the 2,000-foot Ko'olau Mountains, it was commissioned and built largely of concrete (the original is of wooden construction without the use of nails) in 1968 to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Japanese culture to Hawai'i.

Inside the temple is Amida, an eighteen-foot Lotus Buddha. Covered with gold laquer and finished with gold leaf, it is the largest wooden Buddha carved in nearly a thousand years. Outside is a three-ton, brass Peace Bell. The temple is surrounded by two acres worth of koi ponds and lush manicured Japanese gardens that are home to peacocks and black swans.

The temple was featured in several episodes of Hawaii Five-O and Magnum, P.I. It also served as a stand in for South Korea in the House of the Rising Sun, the sixth episode of the first season episode of Lost.

O'ahu - Honolulu: Waterfront Towers

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:37:49 -0700

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One Waterfront Towers, a complex consisting of two 45-foot postmodern towers--Makai and Mauka--on South Street between Pohukaina and Auahi Streets, were built by the architectural firm, Randolph H. Murayama & Associates.

O'ahu - Honolulu: Awareness Geezers

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:10:46 -0700

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O'ahu - Honolulu: Awareness Geezers

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:10:53 -0700

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O'ahu - Honolulu - Waikīkī: View of Diamond Head from Royal Hawaiian

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:06:41 -0700

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O'ahu - Kahuku: Nozawa's Fresh Corn

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:50:41 -0700

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O'ahu - Kahuku: Fumi's Shrimp Farm

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:50:34 -0700

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O'ahu - Kahuku: Fumi's Shrimp Farm

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:50:45 -0700

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O'ahu: Kamehameha Highway

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:57:12 -0700

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O'ahu - Honolulu: HNL - Luau

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:43:11 -0700

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Luau, a 80-foot long, 13-foot tall, concrete relief mural executed by Tom Van Sant, was installed along the central concourse at checkpoint 3 at Honolulu International Airport.

O'ahu - Honolulu: HNL - Kauhale o Kane'ohe

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:43:14 -0700

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Kauhale o Kane'ohe, a marble granite abstraction by Maile Yawaia, was in installed in Honolulu International Airport in 1994. Inspired by shapes of the Kane'ohe Bay coastline and Ko'oalau Mountains, it includes images of a man, two plants, and tapa making sticks, which symbolize the kauhale (Hawaiann community) there.

O'ahu - Honolulu: HNL - Luau

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:42:45 -0700

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Luau, a 80-foot long, 13-foot tall, concrete relief mural executed by Tom Van Sant, was installed along the central concourse at checkpoint 3 at Honolulu International Airport.

O'ahu - Honolulu: HNL - U.S. Navy F4B-4

nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:43:19 -0700

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This aircraft displayed here is a 3/4 scale model of a U.S. Navy F4B-4 produced by Boeing in 1931. The army version was called a P-12. This aircraft was powered by a 550 HP Pratt & Whitney R1340-16 engine. It could reach 163 knots and had a range of 370 miles on a fuel tank which carried 55 gallons. It was equipped with wing racks for two 116 lb. bombs, two 0.30 caliber machine guns and a 55 gallon drop fuel tank. The aircraft could reach a ceiling of 27,000 feet, weighed about 3,000 pounds, and had a 30-foot wingspan by 21 feet in length. This was the last bi-plane produced during the inter-war period. The navy received 71 of these aircraft. The Marines received 21 and the Army got 90 fo the P-12 from 193001933. F4B-4's served at sea until 1938 and flew here in Hawai'i from the aircraft carries Lexington and Saratoga were coverted cruisers. P-12's were stationed on Oahu at Wheeler Army airfield. During WWII these aircraft were used as radio-controlled target drones and were redesignated F4-B4A. This aircraft is an example of an interim advance in military aviation which was implemented over Hawai'i.