food

  • Yogurstory

  • North Shore Grindz: Giovanni’s, Fumi’s

  • Aiea Bowl (ox tail + chicken!)

  • Ono Seafood

  • Tonkatsu Tamafuji

  • Iyasume Musubi Cafe

  • Zippys

  • Maguro Spot

  • Pioneer Saloon

  • Rainbow Drive Inn

  • Marakume Udon

  • Tamura’s (poke) 

activities

  • Paradise Cove Luau

  • Kailua Beach Adventures (Rentals: Kayaking, Biking, etc)

  • Kapi’olani Community College (KCC)
    Farmers Market (Sat mornings) @hfbfarmersmarkets on IG

  • Honolulu Museum of Art

  • Dole Plantation

shopping

  • Kalakaua Ave

  • Ward Village on Ala Moana Blvd

  • Aloha Stadium Swap Meet Market in Aiea (Sat 8-3; Sun 6:30-3)

  • Ala Moana Mall

coffee

  • Arvo

  • Kai

  • The Curb

  • Ars Cafe

dessert & treats

  • leonard’s bakery

  • magnolia’s

  • liliha bakery

  • island snow

  • matsumotos

beaches

  • Alan Davis (secluded beach by Makapuu)

  • Cockroach Cove

  • Lanikai

  • Makua 

  • Beaches along the North Shore

hiking

  • Koko Head Stairs

  • Makapu’u Lighthouse + Tidepools

  • Manoa Falls

  • Maunawili Falls

  • Kuli’ou’ou Ridge Trail

  • Likeke Falls

  • Lulumahu Falls

  • Lanikai Pillboxes

  • Diamond Head State Monument

botanical gardens

  • Foster

  • Hoomaluhia

views

  • Tantalus Lookout

  • Nu’uanu Pali Lookout