One of the unexpected joys of many people travel on the Big Island is the discovery that a rich and varied history is interwoven tapestry around the island of Hawaii. Hawaii is the only state in the Union, that the king's palace, temples, gods and surfing and architectural history that spans millennia and a half. Many people do not realize that the Kona Coast is an important area of large fishing villages, taro farms and religious center for the millennium and a half. However, the Kona region rose to supremacy as a religious and political center when King Umi established his capital here in the 16th century.
In 1812, King Kamehameha Kailua Kona was founded as the capital of its new United Kingdom of Hawaii. For nearly 400 years, the temples and palaces around the Kona region served as a kind of "Rim of the Pacific, " one of the great political and cultural centers in Polynesia, while the principal cities of the kingdom moved to Honolulu in 1850 by Kamehameha III. Slipping into a sleepy, territorial waters, back stiffness, Kailua Kona Town and District dozed lightly through decades of plantation era and early statehood in modern times. Today, the booming and exciting, this rapid area is the center of Big Island's financial and cultural awakening in the new century. Just remember, when I describe the Kona District as a "booming and exciting ... a fast field, " think ", the booming and exciting " in a very Hawaiian, mature and relaxed manner.
Some of the most important historical sites in all of Polynesia, are right here in Kona --- Let's take a quick tour of Kealakekua Kona Region, one of which is located along the Hawaii Belt Road from Kainaliu south, turning at the junction with Highway 160 to Napo 'opo'o in Honaunau. It is in this area was ruled by the kings of old, and dispensed justice, where the great explorer Captain James Cook spent time among Hawaiians and eventually lost his life, and where the two maintain the agricultural industry and the cultivation of coffee cultivation were born in Hawaii and flourish today.
Kainaliu town
napping lightly on both sides of Highway 11, Kainaliu city is one of the principles of shopping centers to country Kona. Kainaliu raised at the intersection of two donkey tracks that serviced the sugar, coffee and growing industry, sometime after the construction of Lanakila Church in 1867. star attraction in Kainaliu is, by far, Aloha Theatre and Aloha Angel Café. This historic and beautiful theater is still a center for theatrical productions of all kinds, as well as film shows, it is central for the Kona Association for the Performing Arts (CAP). Another attraction of the city's interesting is amazing Oshima Trade and dry goods store ("If you do not, you should not"). In addition the town boasts a number of other companies, galleries, furniture, thrift, herbal medicine shops as well as several wonderful restaurants and cafes. Donkey Balls is a candy factory that offers fun trips, and delicious samples and Captain Cook Coffee roasting has a house in the city which provides weekday tours. When the weather turns wet in West Hawai'i, or you need relief from the heat on the beach, spent the day browsing and eating in the cool, shady Kainaliu is a real treat.
Aloha Theater
Aloha Theatre and his cafe, serving as a gathering place for community and home of independent, classic and second run films, as well as the Hawaii International Film Festival and various community events. Aloha Theater Building began in 1929 and was completed in 1932, long before the state of Hawai'i. Starting life as a silent movie theater, he survived the transition to 'talkies', as well as the great fire of 1948 which destroyed a large part to the side of the city. still in use as a performing arts center Kona Association for the Performing Arts, performances feature live music and dance and film. Quonset-hut in the form of the original theater building and the original tent is still in use are very typical of the style used in other theaters of this period in Hawaii. Aloha Angel Café is connected with the theater is amazing to find delicious and offers a wide menu, appetizers, pastries and desserts and is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Kona Hongwanji
Mission in Ho'okena Originally built in 1897, the Shin Buddhist temple moved Kainaliu in 1906. stone arch was built in 1915 and I have the temple has been extensively modified over the years, although the current structure, in agreement dating from 1980. The main alter was carved sandalwood image of Amida Buddha, which was dedicated in 1933.
Kalukalu Homestead (Greenwell Farm) Greenwell Store / Kona Historical Society Museum
Kalukalu Homestead (Greenwell Farm) Greenwell Store / Kona Historical Society Museum
D. Uchida Coffee Farm
Have you ever wondered what life as a Kona coffee farm during the early 1900's? D. Uchida Coffee Farm is a place where you can listen to and relive the story of Kona coffee is the first Japanese farmers. Today Kona Historical Society has collaborated with the community Kona coffee, and creating a project that entertains and informs visitors of the chronicles of Kona coffee. This is an opportunity to peek into the past Kona lifestyle that is close to the total will be deleted. Kona Historical Society is organizing daily tours.
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Hawai'ian culture and society, given the limited resources of the island living, revolves around an effective and knowledgeable use of a vast array of plants for construction, medicine, food, clothing and just about every other aspect of life in the Hawai'ian archipelago. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens keeps this ancient knowledge and the plants are rapidly disappearing in a pleasant garden which is now run under the auspices of the Bishop Museum. Amy Greenwell is wild and wide curiosity about plants and their cultural uses, and this garden hosts not only the indigenous Hawaiian plants and herbs, and various tropical botanical specimens from around the Pacific. The park is open from dawn to dusk seven days a week and there are free guided tours on the first and second Saturday of the month at 10 am;. other tours can be taken by arrangement
.Manage Hotel
Built in 1917 by the Japanese mail-order bride and her husband with an initial investment of $ 100, Manage Hotel began as a house and has evolved through numerous remodelings, the oldest continuously operating hotels on Hawaii Island. KINZO Manage Osama and his wife bought the original cottage, a stove and supply of borrowed money. Providing food and Futons on overnight guests, Managos constantly remodeled and enlarged the house to meet the growing demand of passengers on the Big Island. Toko-Bashir, and good luck required to post any Japanese business, was bought back in 1917. At that time all they could afford a coconut log that artist soaked in the ocean to soften and to termites. When you visit, be sure to see him in the lobby, still hard as a rock, still beautiful, after almost 100 years. Today, grandsons KINZO and Osama do hotel with all the tradition, hard work, love and dedication to serving their parents and grandparents put into the hotel. Restaurant still serves the world-famous stuffed pork chops, the best on the island. Whether you come to eat, stay or just to see this beautiful piece of living history of the Hawai'ian, be sure to stroll through the lobby and look at the photos of the Old Kona.
Kealakekua Bay Archeological and Historic District / Captain Cook Monument
Kealakekua Bay Archeological and Historic District / Captain Cook Monument
St. Benedict Catholic Church (Painted Church)
In 1899, Catholic Father John Velghe landed in Honaunau and built his parish church. Having decorated the inside of previous parish in the Marquesas, Tahiti and painted with scenes from the biblical story, he continued to decorate the interior of the church with whimsical scenes that inspire, earning the church nick-name is commonly known as the "Painted Church ".
place of refuge / Pu 'in Honua O Honaunau National Historic Park
One of the most amazing, beautiful, and peaceful places in all the Hawai'ian Islands, Pu'u Honua O Honaunau is a place of ease and regeneration of even the most tired and jaded soul. Of great historical and cultural significance, sacred Honaunau on the basis of the best preserved and largest remaining Pu'u Honua, or place of refuge, the complex in Hawai'i. temple complex and the royal and the royal residence at Pu'u Honua O Honaunau, was established as a national historical park in 1961, are huge, well preserved and infused with soul, filling peace. Based on the refuge itself is stone platform, 'Ale'alea, which is used for sport, Keoua Stone, the legendary resting place of Ali'i and Ka'ahumanu Stone, where he was the favorite wife of Kamehameha the Great hid after a quarrel with her husband. Down center of the park runs Wall of Honaunau, 100 feet long, 10 meters high and 17 meters thick. To separate the palace on Ali 'from the temple on Pu'u Honua. wall was built without mortar or dressing of stone and survived in this tectonically active area for more than 500 years. The Royal residence area of the canoe landing on Keone'ele Cove, Heleipolala Pond, a few reconstructed dwellings and a canoe Hale, known as Hale Keawe, where the iwi (bones) of up to 23 Ali'i Kamehameha ancestors were once stored.
King's Trail / Lava Tube
King's Trail, Ala or Ali'i, was renamed to mark 1871, when residents were asked to square his tax monarchy repair over-grown and run-down path. trail leaves the road from the city of refuge for a proper road to the National Park picnic area, or may join the coast Trail, taken from the southern end of the picnic. Along the path are the remains of several Hawai'ian village, Heia, cattle pens and so on. The trail also passes through a large lava tube, which is only about 150 meters long and leads to spectacular views of the ocean, where it comes from a rock about 40 feet above the water.
to celebrate the conclusion of your historical soiree, as long as you are in Honaunau you really need to plunge into the refreshing waters of Honaunau Bay on a beautiful two-step beach, swim with colorful tropical fish, incredibly green sea turtles and playful dolphins . Or, you can stop in for a cup of the famous Kona Coffee on one of the many local cafes between Captain Cook and Kainaliu ... not harsh monotonous sameness ubiquitously Starbuck's, every single special Kona coffee cafe reflects the personality of the local growers and roasters who produce Kona Coffee, widely to be the best in the world. Also, in the singular and exclusive galleries and shops along this part of the highway makes it perfect for shopping for very unique gifts to take home.
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