From its golden sun to its turquoise surf, Hawaii can always take your breath away. But it's the colorful leis that may dazzle the most. The island's exquisite array of flowers, valued for their ...

WAIMEA — The feather lei, which has traversed time from prized adornment for ancient royalty to the hat brims of paniolo, is a fine art kept alive in Waimea by Leonetta (Leo) Kimura Mills. ADVERTISING ...

The flowers in that bright-purple lei you received on your Hawaii vacation almost certainly weren't grown in the Aloha State.

DENNIS ODA / [email protected] 20120418-0242 FTR LEI MAKING Workshop leaders, Joyce Chinen and Betty Ikehara lead a lei making class held at Hoomaluhia Botan Garden in Kaneohe. This is Mike Lee ...

KITV4 is celebrating the voices of sustainability on Good Morning Hawaii in honor of Plastic Free July -- a campaign with Hawaii's kanaka and kamaaina at its root. And choosing to be plastic free can ...

I became captivated by orchids when I was 6 years old, on my maiden voyage to Hawaii. Women wearing airy, ankle-length dresses greeted new arrivals at the airport with an "Aloha," a blazing smile and ...

On the west side of Oahu, groups gather monthly for workshops to learn how to make a lei po'o, a lei worn on top of the head. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Andrew Mau High above Oahu's west side, where ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hearing the word "Hawaii" may drum up visions of ocean waves, soft sand and, of course, colorful flower necklaces, known as lei. A ...

KULA, HAWAII — While the rest of the world celebrates May Day on Thursday, in Hawaii it will be Lei Day. For centuries, leis have been synonymous with “aloha” in Hawaii. Polynesian voyagers carried ...

FIRST PHOTO: Hale Makua staffer Edna Capa jokes with resident Olive Silva on Friday morning at a lei-making gathering for Memorial Day in front of the county building in Wailuku. The lei-makers worked ...