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Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village is more than just a place of history 📚It’s a representation of what Hawaiʻi came to be.Peop...
10/16/2026

Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village is more than just a place of history 📚

It’s a representation of what Hawaiʻi came to be.

People from a variety of cultures came for grueling plantation work. But during the quiet hours, Hawaiians, Japanese people, Filipinos, and more talked story and shared their experiences and languages with one another.

Want to know more about Hawaiʻi’s plantation era and how the islands came to be so diverse? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Book a tour with Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village for your next weekend! 😌

Call (808) 677-0110 to book your tour now!

Our friends from the Tamagusuku Ryu Senju Kai Frances Nakachi Ryubu Dojo (Senjukai Hawaii) will be hosting thier annual ...
10/16/2026

Our friends from the Tamagusuku Ryu Senju Kai Frances Nakachi Ryubu Dojo (Senjukai Hawaii) will be hosting thier annual fundraiser, Cultural Fusuion, on Sunday, October 25, 2026. Since 2022, Senjukai Hawaii has been supporting HPV through events and exhibition openings. They are an Okinawan dance school whose mission is to promote and preserve Okinawan dance and culture in Hawaii. For more information on Cultural Fusion or to support them, please see the attached flyer.

Since August, seven of us have shared our time, creativity, and love for Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village. In just a few mon...
10/13/2026

Since August, seven of us have shared our time, creativity, and love for Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village. In just a few months together, we learned more about our roots, grew as storytellers, and made memories we’ll carry beyond our time here 😌

As young adults from Oʻahu, seeing our cultures and family histories reflected in the village made this work personal. Every post was an opportunity to help someone else find that connection too 🫂

As our youth core social media team comes to a close, we’re grateful to Loretta Chen for welcoming us and trusting us to help share the village’s stories. To everyone who watched, shared, commented, or visited because of our content! Mahalo for being part of this chapter ❤️

Keep the connection growing by following all three accounts:
🌺 Hawaii’s Plantation Village — continue supporting the village and the history it preserves
✨ jordan | lifestyle + self growth 🌿 — stay connected beyond this chapter
🎥 Zachary, Eddie — support the team’s creative work

Our time as a team may be ending, but our appreciation for this place and its people stays with us ~

With aloha and gratitude,
The Youth Core Social Media Team

The village holds so many stories, but the people who share them are a special part of its heart ❤️ To Loreta, Michi, Yo...
10/13/2026

The village holds so many stories, but the people who share them are a special part of its heart ❤️

To Loreta, Michi, Yoshiko, Derrick, Robert, and Mil ~ Mahalo for sharing your time, knowledge, and aloha. You’ve reminded me how much we can learn when we slow down, listen, and talk story 🤙🏻

This illustration is a little thank-you to the people who help keep Hawaiʻi’s history alive. Grateful to know you and learn from you 🌱

Art made by: Mayari .✿ ݁˖ Storyteller
Please support her on Instagram, VGen, and TikTok! 😌

10/12/2026

There might be a story behind your last name waiting here! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

At Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village, the Pearl Harbor and Honouliuli internment camp exhibits invite you to reflect on the people and families behind the history—and where your own family’s story might connect.

What did they experience? What stories did they pass down, and which ones went unspoken?

Come with questions. Bring someone who remembers. You might leave with a new conversation to have at home… 💕

Some places don’t just teach you history, they bring back feelings you didn’t realize you remembered… A sound. A story. ...
10/12/2026

Some places don’t just teach you history, they bring back feelings you didn’t realize you remembered…

A sound. A story. A familiar way of speaking. A place that somehow reminds you of growing up 🧑🏻👨🏻

Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village can mean something different to every person who walks through it. Maybe it brings you back to childhood, reminds you of your kūpuna, or helps you see your own story a little differently 👵🏻

Swipe through and see if any of these memories feel familiar 🤎

What does the Village remind you of? Tell us in the comments 🌿

10/10/2026

As someone who is Gen Z…

If you grew up in Hawaiʻi, how much of plantation history did you actually learn? 👀

Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village gives our generation a chance to look beyond the foods and traditions we know today and ask about the people, work, and sacrifices behind them.

Walk through the homes. Listen to the stories. Bring your questions. You might leave seeing a familiar part of Hawaiʻi in a new way 😌

Tag a friend you’d explore the village with 🌿

Some of Hawaiʻi’s most familiar foods carry stories that traveled across oceans 🌺🍽️What we eat today reflects generation...
10/09/2026

Some of Hawaiʻi’s most familiar foods carry stories that traveled across oceans 🌺🍽️

What we eat today reflects generations of culture, adaptation, and community, especially during Hawaiʻi’s plantation era! 🙂‍↕️

Swipe to uncover the origins behind four local favorites, then tell us: which one would you choose first? 👀

Discover more of the stories that shaped local life at Hawaiʻi’s Plantation Village 🤙🏻

Our friends at Waipahu Soto Zen Temple Taiyoji are having an Open House this coming Sunday, October 11, 2026. It's a gr...
10/09/2026

Our friends at Waipahu Soto Zen Temple Taiyoji are having an Open House this coming Sunday, October 11, 2026. It's a great opportunity to learn about some of the cultural classes being offered by the temple ... many of which were brought over to Hawai'i by the Japanese and Okinawan immigrants. Along with the Open House, there will be the annual Fujinkai Bazaar which features handcrafted items by temple members and baked goods to name a few. Please see flyer below for more information.

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94-695 Waipahu Street
Waipahu, HI
96797

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 2pm
Tuesday 9am - 2pm
Wednesday 9am - 2pm
Thursday 9am - 2pm
Friday 9am - 2pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

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+18086770110

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