Post #535101 by christiki295 on Tue, Jun 8, 2010 10:13 PM

On 2010-06-04 16:33, naugatiki wrote:

On 2010-06-04 15:03, raito wrote:
My wife and I were there a couple years ago on our honeymoon.

We didn't enjoy it all that much. It was a bunch of kiosks selling the same junk, mostly cheap jewelry. None of it looked local at all.

Which is why other than its historical importance I’m not shedding too many tears for this place. If someone were to removed the vintage street signage and the tumbledown vender carts the remaining shops would be more at home in the Waikiki Shopping Plaza down the street. Trader Vics has long left the building.

The IMP captures nature; it offers at least the semblance of crafted items; it offers items that can't be bought in malls in LA, unlike the Moana Center, there are free hula shows; there are typical Hawaiian food places, like Puka Dog.

It should not be mentioned in the same breath as a conventional mall.

BTW, how many more designer stores can Waikiki handle?