Our Lucky Bags now ready for New Year!

Have you ever heard "lucky bag"?

Lucky Bag(Fukubukuro in Japanese) is a Japanese New Year's Day custom where merchants make grab bags filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount.


Our store now start selling Lucky Bags for New Year!
The price is $100 for each, but the items in the bag have $300 value!
We strongly proud for that you can satisfy with them, and the bag brings you happiness for New Year:)


A very Merry Christmas and continuingly prosperous New Year to you!

It's all bout the HOT SAUCE!!

I found unique shop last weekend, and it's called "Chill in Hawaii".

I went inside the store and I saw a lots lots lots of hot souce and papper!!! Also you can taste them if you ask!

Hot papper lovers, you must go there!!!

How cute street name is!

Yesterday, I was driving, and I found cute street name!

That is "Hibiscus Drive."

It locates on nearby Diamondhead.

Hibiscus is a state flower in Hawaii.

When I found this street, suddenly I imagined like, "if I move to this street, my address will be..."
I will always be fun when I write down the address.

By the way, Hawaii's street names are related to Hawaiian cultures and histories.

Famous main roads names in here like Kapiolani or Kalakaua come from name of Hawaiian King or Queen.

If you know about Hawaiian history, you can understand about most of street names here.

Happy Halloween!

Are you ready for tonight?

The shops in Ward center are hanging the bats tonight.
It means we are passing the treats!!

Of couse, our shop is hanging it!

We are looking forward to see your hot and scary looks!


May the magic of Halloween be with you!

Hawaiian Pidgin English

I think, language is one of the identities.

In Hawaii, local people strongly have the identities for their birth, and family roots.
And, speaking Creole English is showing their love for this island!!

Pidgin Enslish derives mainly from English but also has words from Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Ilocano and Tagalog from the Philippines and Portuguese. And, they form one common language which is mainly based English although it has much loan words from other languages.

In generaly, Pidgin English is spoken among parents who are immigrants, or who do not have English as their first language. On the other hand, Creole English is spoken by their second generation (children) or after generations who speak English as their first language.

Anyway, Creole Ensligh or Pidgen Enlish is hard to undertand for non local people!!

I will show you common examples as below. Can you guess what they are saying?

Howzit? (how is it? how are you?)
Hey brah (braddah): female eqivalent is "sistah."
no need (that is not necessery)
akamai (clever)
ono (delicious)
pau (finished)
plate lunch (the staple for lunch in Hawaii)
pupu (pre meal snacks)
Shoots (used when in defenite agreement, ok)
Shoyu (soy source)
Stink eye (dirty look)
yeah/ yeah? (I agree/ right?)
yups (Yes)
da (the)
bento (Japanese lunch box)


And, I think, the most interesting thing is directions!!
In here, nobody use west, east, north, or south.
In stead of them, we use north shore, diamondhead, ewa or mouka and makai.

Opening Sale during this month!!

At last, we re-opened the store at the Ward Center!!

We appriciated all of the supports for us.









We are now at start point again.
We will make better store with much aloha spirit.

By the way, during this month, we are doing "Opening Sale."
Everything in the store is all 20% off!!

Please feel free to stop by our new store.

Big Mahalo,

La-2 Hawaii Lani

Moving to Ward Center !

Finally we are moving from down town to Ward Center which has a lots of shops, movie theater.

I think we have 4 main mall here in honolulu.

Ward center,Ala Moana Shopping center,Pearl Ridge shopping mall, Waikele outlet mall. The biggest mall is Ala Moana, and you can walk to Ward center from there also.

We are going to move to nice, beautiful location! You can come visit us easily more than down town location !!

Ribbon Leis

I'v been started to make Ribbon Leis!

As I wrote before, Lei is the one of Hawaiian cultures.
In Hawaii, lei can be found at the most of every occasions like birthdays, graduations, weddings, funerals, parties, and bridal showers.

Hawaiian Ribbon Leis are designed throug braiding, sewing, twisting, or stringing of ribbons with hand picked flowers, leaves, nuts and seeds.
Those Ribbon Leis will not wilt or fade.

History of Hawaiian Ribbon Leis is narrow, however people in hawaii love it as same as Leis.
And, Aloha spirits are also in them.

A'nuenue

A'nuenue

Hawaii is called as "rainbow state" because we often can see rainbow through a year.
Especially, in winter (rainy season), we can see the rainbow several times a day.

A'nuenue means "rainbow" in English.

The summer is going to the end, and now I feel we are going in "Rainbow season."

New Arrival

Do you cook everyday?
These new items make you happy for everyday cooking and eating:)

Let's enjoy your Hawaiian tea time at home!

Taking Bridal Pictures in Downtown

In front of our store is Hawaii Theatre.
Nowadays, I often see people taking bridal pictures!
Their smiles make us happy too.

Our season!

Did you already go to the beach this year?

These days, most of customers are looking for swim wears.
I realized, summer is came! by them.

Our swims are also popular for elderly ladies too because especially the rush guard can cover their body line where they are worrying.
(Actually, they really worry about their line of body...)
But, it is not a reason.

Our swims are cute!
This is the most important, yah?

You can see our rush guard from here


By the way, I have white boad shorts.

This is really useful not only the beach, but also as daily wear.

Onolicious Lunch at Downtown Honolulu

Our stuffs everyday enjoy thinking, "what we gonna eat for lunch today!"
Fortunatelly, there are a lot of delicious restaurants around our shop, and a choice of lunch is really difficult for us.

Today, I chose MIX cafe which is a casual Italian restaurant on Beretania st. between Bethel st. and Fort st. Mall.

Our stuffs, especially owner, love this restaurant's pasta.
But, today I was take out "Steak Sandwich."


It's really onolicious!!

Lunch time always makes me so happy, and it is important time for stuffs to work harder.
(picture by http://shimajikan.jugem.jp/)

Shark adventure with diving cage!!!

See the beauty and splendor of Hawaii's sharks as they rise from the depths to greet you. This thrilling experience will profoundly affect your feelings towards sharks as you join them three miles out at sea, off Oahu's beautiful North Shore.

Dole Plantation

Originally operated as a fruit stand beginning in 1950, Dole Plantation opened to the public as Hawaii’s "Pineapple Experience" in 1989 after an extensive remodeling of its previous facilities. Dole Plantation completed a $125,000 renovation in 1997 to simulate the building facades in old Haleiwa Town.

Dole Plantation welcomes over one million visitors a year. Guests enjoy a variety of attractions and activities, including the Pineapple Express, the Plantation Garden Tour, the Pineapple Garden Maze and the Guinness Book of World Records 2001 World's Largest Maze. Also popular are informational displays and presentations about pineapple and the history of Dole and the plantation center, offering hundreds of unique pineapple-related and Dole brand items, including the world famous DoleWhip®. Every week, Dole Plantation sells more than 3,500 fresh Hawaii-grown pineapples for consumption at the store or packaged for customers to take home.

The Pineapple Garden Maze at Dole Plantation, officially recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records 2001 as the World’s Largest Maze, offers fun and adventure at every turn.

Covering an area of three acres with at path length of 3.11 miles, it is made of 11,400 colorful Hawaii plants, including varieties of hibiscus, the official state flower.

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
Admission: Adults - $6.00
Children - $4.00
Kama'aina/Military - $5.00

Cirque Hawaii

Cirque Hawaii is a fabulous show that will awe people of all ages. With 34 award-winning performers to dazzle you with their talents they have honed from around the world, this show is truly an international extravaganza right here in the heart of Waikiki.

The show combines the incredible beauty of grace and strength coupled with aerial, dance and acrobatic artistry. You will delight in the comedic antics of the characters and sit in amazement of the jaw-dropping aerial acrobatics and stunning choreography.

Aloha Studiam Swap Meet

Located in the Aloha Stadium, the Swap Meet is a terrific place to find a bargain. Three days a week, hundreds of vendors circle the stadium to sell their wares under tents. Visitors can find everything from Hawaiian shirts to tropical plants to native foods!!



Admission: $1.00 per buyer, 11yrs under free

Located At: Aloha Stadium, 99-500 Salt Lake Blvd.
Ph: (808) 486-6704

From Waikiki: Take the H-1 freeway west to the Stadium exit 1E

Hours: 8am~4pm Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday

Uncle's Fish Market & Grill---PIER 38

If you wanna eat fresh fish, go to Uncle's fish market! When I went to eat here, I ordered "Fresh Ahi Belly"($10.95) So delicious!! And plate was huge!!On saturday and sunday, they have Live music inside restaurant. So you can enjoy Hawaiian Music during lunch time.


They have happy hour 10-11:30am and 2-4pm. You will get free side of Poke if you order any lunch entree during happy hour!

A display case selling fresh fish, seafood, and salad for take home!(3rd pic)

You must try here!!

Restaurant hour; Monday~Saturday
10am~5pm
PH:808-275-0063

1135 N Nimitz hwy
Honolulu, HI 96817

www.unclefishmarket.com

Polynesian Cultural Center

At this lush 42-acre theme park, families have fun learning culture! Friendly hosts illustrate the lives of Polynesian villagers in Samoa, Tonga, Aotearoa New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji, Old Hawaii, and the Marquesas. Island replicas and true natives add to the authentic experience. Take a canoe ride, learn how to play nose flute, get a Maori tatoo and more. Stay for the award-winning Alii Luau and Horizons evening show.

Fridays Fireworks

Every fridays,Hilton Hawaiian Village has fireworks.

Fireworks Display
7:30 p.m. (October to March)
8 p.m. (April to September)

Giovanni's Shrimp Truck!!

There is a lots of shrimp truck in north shore, but this is the original one!! $12.00 lunch plate.(2 scoop of rice, 12 shrimp) And you can get hot sauce on the side! There is mini plate for $6.00.(1 scoop of rice, 6 shrimp) There is 3 type of menu. 1:Shrimp Scampi(This is the most poplur one!) 2:Hot and Spicy (Sign says "You can't return it!! It's really hot!!") 3:Lemon & Butter and $1.00 for sodas and water.
83 Kamehameha hwy,Kahuku,HI96731

You gotta try at least once!!!

Loco Moco

Loco Moco (loh-koo moh-koo) is Hawaii's original homemade fast food and can be found at just about any fast food joint, roadside diner, mom and pop restaurant or lunch wagon in the Islands.

Loco Moco Recipe
1/4 pound ground beef

1 eggHot prepared gravy

Hot pepper sauce

Tomato ketchup

Soy Sauce

Form the ground beef into a patty. In a frying pan over medium-high heat, cook patty until cooked to your liking; remove from heat and set aside.
Fry egg (sunny-side up or over easy) in the grease from the ground beef.
Assemble this dish by putting a bed of cooked rice in a large bowl, top with hamburger patty, fried egg, and 1 to 2 ladles of hot gravy. Add hot pepper sauce, ketchup, or soy sauce according to your preference.

The Saturday Farmer`s Market

Farmer's market open every saturday at KCC(Kapiolani community college) from 7:30am~11:00am.

They sell a lots of fruits, vegetable,flowers and famous local food "Loco Moco".

Get up early in the morning, and visit to farmer's market !!