Iolani Barracks

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Updated: September 26, 2019

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The Iolani Barracks was built in 1871 to house the Royal Guards and household troops. Built partially from salvaged coral blocks and blocks cut with prison labor, the Iolani Barracks structure contains an open courtyard surrounded by rooms once used by the guards as a mess hall, kitchen, dispensary, berth room, and lockup. Iolani Barracks have been used at various times as temporary shelter for refugees of the 1899 Chinatown fire, a service club, a headquarters for the National Guard of Hawaii, a government office building, and a storage facility. Today, Iolani Barracks now houses The Palace Shop, the ticket office and video theater. Read More

Kulu Kulu at Royal Hawaiian Center

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Updated: September 26, 2019

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Kulu Kulu Cake is the proud recipient of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser people’s Choice award for Best Bakery in Honolulu. While the Royal Hawaiian Center location opened in April 2016, its first location opened at the old Shirokiya at Ala Moana Center in 2012. The brand has since become everyone’s go-to bakery for everything from after-school treats to weddings, and first birthdays to Instagram-worthy sweets in Waikiki. The pastry shop is known for its delicious roll cakes, Diamond Head puffs, and signature cakes including Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate, and Soufflé Cheesecake (to name a few). Find Royal Hawaiian Center-exclusive treats such as the Shave Ice Cupcakes and Rainbow Soda.

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Da Spot at Ala Moana Center

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Updated: September 26, 2019

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Da Spot has been providing sustainable local healthy meal options for the masses since 2004. With a wide assortment of exotic foods from around the world, Da Spot is the passport to a memorable, affordable and tasty experience. Beyond the unique dishes, Da Spot also serves up a savory selection of 35 different smoothies, with an option to create your own. Da Spot’s motto is to “feed the masses not the classes” with healthy options that “broke da mouth not the wallet” for a memorable, positively happy, tasty, experience.

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US Post Office, Custom House, and Court House in Honolulu

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Updated: September 26, 2019

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fokopoint-9324 US Post Office, Custom House, and Court House in Honolulu

The US Post Office, Custom House, and Courthouse is downtown Honolulu was the official seat of administration in the Territory of Hawaii for the United States government. Located at the corner of Richards and Merchant Streets, this building is also known as the King Kalakaua Building. This building was once headquarters to most federal agencies in Hawaii, including the U.S. District Court.

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Honolulu Hale

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Updated: March 6, 2019

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fokopoint-8817 Honolulu Hale

Honolulu Hale is the official City Hall building of the City and County of Honolulu. Designed by Dickey, Wood and others, this Spanish mission style building features open-to-the-sky courtyards, hand-painted ceiling frescos, 1,500-pound bronze front doors, and 4,500-pound courtyard chandeliers. The main entry faces King Street, behind a zig-zag pattern of planters, and the exterior of the building is complex, with deeply fenestrated windows and balconies of carved stone. The tower is particularly complex and features varied window treatments, open and closed balconies, loggias and cast-concrete grill work.
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Dillingham Transportation Building

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Updated: March 5, 2019

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fokopoint-9136 Dillingham Transportation Building

The Dillingham Transportation Building is one of the few historic and recognizable business buildings left in downtown Honolulu.  While most of Honolulu’s former well-known business buildings have been replaced by modern high-rises of glass and steel, the Dillingham Transportation Building’s architecture gives one time to admire its beauty of a time gone by. Built in 1929, the Mediterranean/Italian Renaissance style building was designed by architect Lincoln Rogers. The building consists of three wings connected by a covered arcade and spans from Queen Street to Ala Moana Boulevard. It features an Art Deco lobby, painted high ceilings, and a classical cornice. Read More