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North of the bay runs the Hamakua Coast on the slopes of Mauna Kea, and south of the bay is the Puna district on the slopes of Mauna Loa. The area just inland from the bay is the Hilo district, divided into north and south Hilo within the County of Hawaii. [1] Banyan Drive runs through Liliʻuokalani Gardens near downtown Hilo at the edge of ...
The majority of human settlement in Hilo stretches from Hilo Bay to Waiākea-Uka, on the flanks of the volcanoes. Hilo is home to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo , ʻImiloa Astronomy Center , as well as the Merrie Monarch Festival , a week-long celebration, including three nights of competition, of ancient and modern hula that takes place ...
Liliʻuokalani Park and Gardens is a 24.14-acre (97,700 m 2) park with Japanese gardens, located on Banyan Drive in Hilo on the island of Hawaiʻi. The park's site was donated by Queen Liliʻuokalani, and lies southeast of downtown Hilo, on the Waiakea Peninsula in Hilo Bay.
"View of Hilo Bay", oil painting 1888, Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu "Hilo Bay'", oil painting, circa 1868, Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu. Nāwahī was believed to be a self-taught artist with details surrounding his early training in the arts relatively unknown. [68] [69] His attendance at Lahainaluna may have influenced his early interest in ...
Abandoned rails on Hilo Bay (2017) Ironically, just as the HCR was finally emerging from its long-standing financial troubles, it was hit with a blow from which it never recovered. On the morning of April 1, 1946, a massive tsunami caused by an earthquake in the Aleutian Islands struck Hilo and the Hāmākua coast, devastating the city and ...
The name comes from wai ākea in the Hawaiian Language meaning "broad waters", [1] and sometimes what is now called Hilo Bay was called Waiākea Bay. [2] Waiākea is home to many and has its own schools. It stretches for miles and ends at Waiākea-Uka (the area on the slopes of Mauna Loa). Waiākea-Uka houses many expensive houses, including a ...
The Hawaii Consolidated Railway was extended to connect the Hāmākua sugarcane plantations to the harbor at Hilo Bay. On April 1, 1946, a tsunami caused by an Aleutian Islands earthquake damaged the railroad so much it abandoned its tracks.
The Hilo Farmers Market was started on this block in 1988, held every Wednesday and Saturday at the end of Mamo Street. [12] The building was listed as state historic site 10-35-7420 on January 14, 1989 [ 13 ] and added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii on August 27, 1991 as site 91001087. [ 1 ]