Hawaii - Jeff Campbell [86]
Movie Museum (Map; 735-8771; www.kaimukihawaii.com; 3566 Harding Ave; noon-8pm Thu-Mon) This Kaimuki neighborhood spot is a very social place to watch classic oldies, foreign flicks and indie films (including Hawaii premieres) in a theater equipped with just 20 comfy Barcalounger chairs. Reservations strongly recommended.
Megaplexes showing first-run Hollywood movies:
Restaurant Row 9 Cinemas (Map; 526-4171; Restaurant Row, 500 Ala Moana Blvd)
Ward Stadium 16 (Map; 593-3000; 1044 Auahi St)
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SHOPPING
Although not the shopping powerhouse that Waikiki is, Honolulu has more than a few unique shops offering plenty of local flavor, from traditional flower lei and ukulele makers to antiques stores and island-style clothing boutiques.
Shopping Malls
Ala Moana Center (Map; 955-9517; 1450 Ala Moana Blvd; 9am-9pm Mon-Sat, to 6pm Sun) Holy fashion! This open-air shopping mall and its department stores could compete on an international runway with some of Asia’s most famous malls. A favorite stop for local color is the Crack Seed Center, where you can scoop from jars full of pickled mangoes, dried plums, candied ginger and dozens more exotic tropical flavors.
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TOP PICKS – HONOLULU & WAIKIKI HAWAIIANA SHOPS
Bishop Museum (Click here)
Native Books/Nā Mea Hawai′i (Click here)
Cindy’s Lei Shop (below)
Na Lima Mili Hulu No′eau (Click here)
Bailey’s Antiques & Aloha Shirts (Click here)
Kamaka Hawaii (right)
Manuheali′i (right)
Antique Alley (opposite)
Hula Supply Center (right)
Hawai′i State Art Museum (Click here)
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Ward Warehouse (Map; 591-8411; cnr Ward Ave & Kamake′e St; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat, to 6pm Sun) Just across the street from Ala Moana Beach Park, this minimall is home to more one-of-a-kind island-born shops, including Native Books/Nā Mea Hawaii (Click here), which sells gourmet foodstuffs, wooden koa bowls, hand-carved fishhook jewelry, authentic Hawaiian quilts and oodles of books, CDs and DVDs.
Aloha Tower Marketplace (Map; 528-5700; 1 Aloha Tower Dr; 9am-9pm Mon-Sat, to 6pm Sun) Beside the landmark Aloha Tower (Click here), this harborfront shopping center has 50 shops varying in quality from kitschy to high-end, with barely an off-island chain among them. Hula dancers welcome arriving cruise ships on the pier, usually from 4:30 to 5:30pm almost daily.
Art & Hawaiian Crafts
For Chinatown’s art galleries, see the boxed text on Click here.
Cindy’s Lei Shop (Map; 536-6538; 1034 Maunakea St; 6am-8pm Mon-Sat, 6:30am-6pm Sun) This friendly, inviting little place sells leis made of maile (a native twining plant), lantern ilima (a native ground cover) and Micronesian ginger, as well as more common orchids and plumeria.
Kamaka Hawaii (Map; 531-3165; 550 South St; 8am-4pm Mon-Fri) Skip right by those shops selling cheap plastic and wooden ukuleles. Kamaka specializes in handcrafted ukuleles made on O′ahu since 1916, with prices starting at around $500. Their signature is an oval-shaped ‘pineapple’ ukulele that has a more mellow sound.
Hula Supply Center (Map; 941-5379; 2338 & 2346 S King St; 9am-5:30pm Mon-Fri, to 5pm Sat) For over 60 years, Hawaiian musicians and dancers have come here to get their kukui (candlenut) leis, calabash drum gourds, Tahitian grass skirts, nose flutes and the like. If you’re not a dancer, they’ve also got aloha shirts, Hawaiiana books, CDs and DVDs.
Jeff Chang Pottery & Fine Crafts (Map; 599-2502; 808 Fort St Mall; 10am-5pm Mon-Fri) Not everything at this downtown gallery is island-made, but it’s all handcrafted. Striking raku pottery molded by Chang himself sits beside hand-turned bowls of tropical hardwoods, art jewelry and blown glass by some of Hawaii’s finest artisans. Also at Ward Warehouse (left).
Clothing & Shoes
Island Slipper (Map; 593-8229; Ward Warehouse, 1050 Ala Moana Blvd; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat, to 6pm Sun) There are scores