Kona Historical Heritage Corridor If the coast of Kona for hot and humid, hot afternoon, or post-solidification coast indulgence set to sunbathe on the beach, visitors should be in Big Island Kona team take its cue from the locals and head-to-ground for the fresh, cool morning air. The old road, 12 miles along the rest of the Mamalahoa Highway runs through a beautiful piece of Old Hawaii, coffee plantations, orchards, historic buildings, small towns and an oldSugar factory grace the sunny slopes of Hualalai volcano here.
Mauka and Up-Country, Kona, as this area is called, was once the heart of Iceland financial-Hawaii have been on this road, printing the first newspaper and telephone exchange built bottlers in Hawaii. Today, the road passes through the artist enclave Holualoa, famous for its art galleries and cafes. sweeping views of the coast of Kona on the slopes of Hualalai volcano above Maui, and even make vog-free daysthis road trip can not be processed. Let's take a brief overview of the section of the Kona Heritage Corridor, which runs along Highway 180 from its intersection with highway 190 north through Holualoa's, past the intersection of Highway 19 and in the city Kainaliu.
M. Onizuka Store
From the intersection of Mamalahoa Highway (Hwy 180) and Highway 190 (Palani Road) and south on Mamalahoa way around, you pass through tropicaltemperate rain forest and get to the edge of the cloud forest, which softens the upper slopes of Mount Hualalai. In about 7 miles Maker has happened to the old gentleman Onizuka Store, the childhood home of Astronaut Elisson Onizuka, who died in the space shuttle Challenger. The store was founded in 1933 by M. Masamitsu Onizuka Onizuka in 1933, he founded the residents of his community with general merchandise and has provided funds to transport their purchases on the one-man taxi businessService. After the death of her husband sitting in the Mitsue Onizuka Nagata shop until the day of his death on the 1990th execution "May peace on earth," the Post proclaimed in front of the residence where Elisson Onizuka, who had the honor of being the first American astronaut of Japanese descent, he grew up. History buffs are invited to explore a wide participation of Hawai'i husband of space exploration at the Onizuka Space Center Museum Kona International Airport.
K. KomoStore
Impressive, but save some necessary concessions to the march of time, the charming comfort of the family of the past in the form of K. Komo Store. Gasoline, expense, and good conversation are always around this time true piece of "Old Hawaii" is available. Serve the people of Keopu beginning of 1900, and operated by third generation family of Komo, K. Komo Store is still growing, roasting, preparing and selling their own brand of coffee. The business is registered onNational Register of Historic Places.
Holualoa Town
With a name that means "long term", its position at the head of Kona coffee country and its modern eclectic variety of galleries, studios and schools, it is easy to see that Holualoa once the bustling center of commerce contains a number of North Kona changes in the last 200 years. First Hawaiian taro and sweet potatoes grown on small family farms to the ground as a "kuleana for Holualoa. E 'It is interesting to note that today the "kuleana" word in Hawaiian pidgin has taken on the meaning of "personal responsibility". In any case, the early nineteenth century, located immigrant Japanese, Portuguese and Chinese here, and began to plant large fields of oranges, bread, fruit, coffee and cotton, among other crops. A large sisal plantation for the production of ropes for sailing ships was just northwest of Holualoa ... today, now wild sisal plant, is a bit 'strange, with its high,individual stems of flowers abound along Palani Road in Kailua and Kealekehe be. At the beginning of the 20th century, the fields were almost exclusively on sugar production and turned Holualoa was the financial center of the district of Kona. Luther Aungst Kona Telephone Co founded here in 1890, the first national newspaper "The response from Holualoa Kona founded by Dr. Harvey Hayashi, one of the first full-time Kona resident doctors. Many other schools, churches andAreas, including Kona Bottling Works, here in the first half of the 20th Century, is that the collapse of the sugar industry has led to financial disaster that coffee grows only partially averted. The community has shrunk dramatically in population and economic importance and in 1958 only about 1000 people lived in the Holualoa area. In a sleepy, backward due to Kona, a community of artists, hermits, writers and people in search of "Old Hawaii lifestyle flourished here. Recently, aAnimated infusion of new money from "coffee boutique" industry has triggered a revival of economic stability in Holualoa, coffee shops and galleries.
Kona Sugar Company and Western Railway Company Hawaii
This was the seductive charm of easy wealth through the cultivation of sugar in Hawaii at the beginning of the 20th century could win, the equity for a large plantation of sugar cane, sugar plants in Kona and the railroad was not raised once, but threeTimes. The Kona Sugar Plantation Company was founded in 1899 and every piece of available land has been cleared cultures were never accustomed to it and planted in sugar cane. Even if the sugar has grown quite well over 500 meters high, has made a noticeable lack of fresh water in semi-arid landscape Kona Wai'aha Stream the only logical choice for the plant site. Unfortunately, the current flow is insufficient for the milling of sugar cane per year and the mill built in 1901, failed in 1903.Kona Sugar was bought by investors who renamed Kona Development Company, the plantation went bankrupt in 1916 and was in turn bought by investors in Tokyo. This group has managed to eek out a profit for the industry imploded in 1926. Originally scheduled to run 30 miles, the railroad was built, only a total length of 11 miles in 27 years of sugar plantation. Labor camps, community swimming pools, stables, workshops and all the necessary infrastructure of a large plantation agriculture wasKona Mauka abandoned in the area. During the Second World War took the U.S. Army of the premises of a training camp, the troops in the war on the way to acclimatize to the tropical Pacific theater. Fearing that the high chimney of the factory as a reference point for all artillery invasion forces, the army broke down and got a Kona early post-contact, a landmark industry. Traces of the bed rail is still the tip of Kailua Kona Aloha Nani and residential areas are seen.Just west of the city along Hualalai Road, Holualoa (south junction of the city), located near the intersection with Hienaloli Road, parapets and massive stone dollars for the railroad. Built by hand, but still strong, the bed rail to explore and traveled on foot from here. More road Hienaloli Hualalai Road intersection with the old factory site are still visible.
Keauhou Store
Originally Store Sasaki, Keauhou Storewas founded by the famous manufacturer, coffee makers and important local businessman Yoshisuki Sasaki in 1919 and remains one of the leading local suppliers of Kona. Run by his son the minimum Rikiyo Yoshiuki closed once offered to gas, the sun, coffee and local produce, but today is the store Keauhou of the road, such as transport, the passage through the main port now handles highway Makai. But the veranda of Keauhou Store still serves as a meeting place forlocal coffee growers and local children. A true relic of the old Kona, Keauhou Store is worth a visit, especially for history lovers and photographers.
Tong Tong Where cemetery
Even if the Chinese in the islands since the turn of the 19th century lived, was the first major immigration of Chinese, when they were passed to the cane fields in 1852 led the work. It soon became a growing population of field workers and owners of Chinese shops, Chinese 1860Outnumbered Caucasians in Hawai'i. This community was the Tong Tong Where cemetery to honor their ancestors and build according Yoshisuki Sasaki, a carpenter known and important local businessman, the decorated gate in 1902. is in English and Chinese, the inscription on the door-Tong Tong Where cemetery.
Daifukuji Soto Mission
This Buddhist temple Mauka Kona community has a place for worship and retreat since its opening on 27 May 1921 Served. ShepherdKaiseki Kodama, who was held by the foundation of the Soto Mission in Kona, 1914, for years on services Hanato Store and other sites, designed the original mission buildings, designed and built by Yoshisuki Sasakai. Reverend Hosokawa has opened a Japanese language school here in 1926, school, residential and ballroom all expanded the original structure. The traditional Japanese music and dance full of O Bon festival is held every year in July, visitors arewelcome.
Lanakila Church / uprising Kaon
Lanakila Church was the starting point and base for one of the strangest and most interesting episodes in the history of Kona Mauka in the second half of the 19th Century. This, the last church built by the ubiquitous Reverend John D. Paris was completed 1867th Lanakila Church is still a vibrant, strong, active congregational churches. The quiet country location of this church is little evidence that wasCenter of a violent and deadly in late 1860. Called Revolt Kaon events of 1867 and 1868 consisted of perhaps a natural reaction of the native Hawaiian to have so little, and much, traditions dispossessed of their lives, their religion and their old nudists. The revolt began peacefully enough, in 1867 a man named Kaon also introduced to the Reverend Paris, said he had a lot of Bibles that he wanted to Hawaiiasked permission to distribute and store them in the still unfinished building Lanakila Church. The elders of the church agreed, and the Bibles have been retained. Still looking for Kaon and his supporters pushed for the church and its land for housing and the objections of the governor of Reverend Paris, Princess Ke'elikolani finally tear. Kaon moved her to a growing group of disgruntled property of neighbors until the cold and rain forced them to descend to the warm countries to look over the ocean.Stronger with each new member of the cult, Kaon hard efforts of the local police, sheriff in the person of Neville, who leads them, allegedly spitting and destroy the first evacuation order. Hellfire and brimstone sermon, and substantially supported by an avalanche at the beginning of large earthquakes in 1868, Kaon was convinced his followers that the only true prophet of God and that earthquakes would all but his most loyal followers destroyed. Sensing an atmosphere of violence,Sheriff Neville determined as necessary, use force to evict kaon and his band from their squatter camp. In the ensuing scuffle, a policeman were killed Neville and language. Kaon and his band in a religious frenzy of bloodlust mounted and urged them to go out and kill white people and burned their farms and homes. Such was the violence and the threat that the board of the South Kona organized a militia not to take for the protection of citizens, but the revolt wassteamer Kilauea to the troops from Honolulu brought round after the violent mob a few days later. Kaon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was later pardoned and freed by King Kalakaua. It 'a free man died in Kona 1883rd
Aloha Theatre
The Aloha Theater and its bar, a meeting place for the community and the home of the original independent films, classics and the second and the Hawaii International Film Festival and various community events serve.Aloha Theatre Construction began in 1929 and completed in 1932, long before Hawaii was a state. Starting life as a silent film, has survived the transition to the "sound" and the great fire of 1948 that destroyed much of it is part of the city. Still in use today as a center for the performing arts Kona Association for the Performing Arts, whose performance live music and dance, and film. The Quonset hut original form, the theater building and the original framestill in use are very typical of the style in other theaters plantation era in Hawaii used. The Aloha Angel Café is connected to the theater is a revelation of taste and offers a wide selection of appetizers, baked goods and sweets, and is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Kainaliu Town
Napping gently on both sides of the Hawaii Belt Road, the city's main shopping malls on Kainaliu Mauka Kona. Kainaliu grew atIntersection of two donkey tracks that contain sugar, coffee and livestock ServiceE, some time after the church was built in the 1867th Lanakila The main attraction in Kainaliu is by far the Aloha Theatre and Aloha Angel Cafe. This beautiful and historic theater is still the place for any kind of shows and films, is the heart of Kona Association for the Performing Arts (KAPA). Another great attraction is the cityOshima amazing grocery and dry goods store ("If you do not, you do not need it"). In addition, the city offers many other companies, galleries, furniture, thrift, herbal shops and numerous restaurants and cafes. Donkey Balls a candy factory tours are fun and tasty samples and Captain Cook a roast of coffee in the city center, day trips are offered. If the weather is wet in West Hawai'i, or need relief from hot toSpent a day surfing beach and eat in a cool, shady Kainaliu is a real treat.
To celebrate the completion of our historic Soirée, while there is Kainaliu Town, you should really famous in a cup of Kona Coffee Stop at one of a series of local coffee shops ... not the equality of monotonous hard ubiquitous Starbuck's which reflects each individual's special Kona coffee cafe the personality of the local growers and roasters producing Kona coffee, preserved largelythe best in the world. Also makes a unique and exclusive galleries and shops of shopping for gifts Kainaliu erfect unique to take home.
