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What's special to me about Honolulu

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It has to be just the way of life

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Things that we do to pass our time
Don't cost money

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You know we

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go on hikes
We surf or we paddle board

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and it's just about enjoying what's here

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The beaches are beautiful
The swaying palmtrees are wonderful

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However there's a deep rich history here

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We are a place with a very vibrant
indigenous culture

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I find that to be a hugely
enriching aspect of life

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It's special, it's Hawaii
There's a fragrance to it

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You smell everybody's leis
plumeria and tube of roses in the air

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You don't worry about too much here
It's too pretty to worry

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[Waves crashing]

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We're very fortunate with
the location of the shop

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We're nestled in the coconut grove
of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel

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We carry the finest 
Panama Hats in the world

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They come out of the town of 
Montecristi in Ecuador

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And they've been woven there

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By the artisans


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For literally hundreds of years

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You're seeing predominantly fedoras

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But because they're all hand woven,
They're all slightly different

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Years ago gentlemen used to go
To haberdashery

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His job was to fit the gentlemen 
With a proper hat

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And we carry on that kind of a tradition

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This space was created because

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I had an overflow collection of vintage

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I've been collecting
whenever it speaks to me

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whether it fits me or not

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so that's why I'm sharing

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otherwise if they fit me all, 
they wouldn't be yours

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i like it to make you feel beautiful,
which you are

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so you walk in here and you get your dress
and you're the princess or the prince

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and you grab a glass of champagne,
try on some beautiful dresses,

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and enjoy being in paradise, really

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When you walk into Nohea, 
you are surrounded by

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the art from hundreds of people
from all over the island

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all their different media
and that is a really joyful experience

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Local people come here 
for special gifts

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but they aren't necessarily only valuable 
things sometimes things are $18 or $20

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but they want that Nohea gallery 
sticker on it that shows that

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it is handcrafted that it's made in Hawaii
and that it's, you know,

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something extraordinary

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The culinary scene in Honolulu
is very exciting

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I think it is experiencing a new
Renaissance, a new surge of young energy

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We have Vietnamese roots, so we
take their traditions, appreciate it,

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but also take that ball and run with it
and make a lot of creative different stuff

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The primal offerings is something that 
we have a lot of fun with,

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we have like a focal protein, with a bunch
of different condiments and sides,

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you're just kind of meant to forget your
manners, just have fun, use your hands,

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drink alot

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When our guests come here, 
we want them to taste Hawaii

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whether it's things that are grown in land
fish from our waters,

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as well as incorporating a lot of
local methodology

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Alan Wong is the institution, 
he's one of the four fathers of Hawaiian

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cusine

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Just like Hawaii is a melting pot of
different ethnic diversities,

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that's what's gonna show up on your plate
in our resturaunts, is that diversity

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Our place has been here almost 37 years,
since 1978

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some of our customers are like
third generation

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The food is always very good, and it's 
the tradition, by now

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Late night sushi at Yanagi's is one of 
the best places to go,

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It's a little loud, you know

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We're open until 2am, so after 10:30,
we call that the midnight special

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Kaiwi is one of our showcase parks, it's
called the Kaiwi state scenic shoreline

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The trail itself is an old paved road that
goes to a historic coastguard lighthouse

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The view is breathtaking shots of windward
Oahu, sweeping cliffs, glimpses of the

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outer islands

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During the winter months, it's very 
frequent that you see whales breeching

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in the ocean below

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What people are missing, when they
don't get down to the natural resources

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is just stunning, natural beauty

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Iolani Palace is the only official royal
residence in the United States

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It was built in 1882 by King Kalakaua,
who was the last king of Hawaii

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Was later occupied by Queen Liliʻuokalani,
his sister and heir, until the overthrow

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of Hawaii in 1893

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Honolulu was not only the center of the
kingdom, but Hawaii was the center of the

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Pacific

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We'd like people to understand that this
was an actual kingdom that had treaties

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with other countries, and from that I
would hope that people would also become

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curious about Hawaiian people today

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Shangri La was originally built as the 
private home for the heiress and

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philanthropist Doris Duke, between 1936
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She adapted architectural elements from
all over the Islamic world and filled

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it with her collections of Islamic art


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It's surprising, it's not what
people expect

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I can't tell how often we hear "Wow"

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To me, real Aloha means treating people 
with respect, I think that Hawaii would be

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not the place that it is if we 
didn't hold it dear and live it

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