When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to tell was his former hula partner, Sweetie ...

Antique picking has become one of my newest hobbies, but finding tiki cups and nudie cards from Hawaii’s past at dealers’ stalls in California are reminders of how unscrupulously Hawaii has been ...

(AP) HONOLULU -- Coconut bras aren't Hawaiian. Neither are grass skirts. Tiki bars? They're from California. Yet they're all among the most recognizable symbols of a Hawaiian vacation. Now, many ...

HONOLULUHONOLULU — Walk along the shops in Waikiki and it isn’t hard to come across vendors selling knickknacks of a fake Hawaii – no, the Aloha State doesn’t have wild monkeys or parrots. Lei aren’t ...

An irresistible Japanese import, “Hula Girls” is a crowd-pleaser so comfortable with its own clichés that it goes down smoother than a mai tai on Maui. Though ...

Grass skirts are more Tahitian. The bras are for tourist hula, not the authentic Hawaiian dance, says Mary Nelson. The hula she teaches is a lot more than simply moving hips and arms to mellow tunes. ...