This is a panorama from top of Diamond Head which is a small mountain close to Waikiki. Diamond Head is technically not a ordinary mountain. Actually it is a crater. You can see a shape of the crater clearly from top of it. From Diamond Head, you can see beautiful panorama of Waikiki city.


We joined a guided tour to North shore. North shore is famous for not only big waves but also yummy shrimp. There are many aquaculture pond for shrimp. And there are many vans that offer "shrimp plate" containing shrimps and rice and source. I had never eaten such yummy shrimps. One of its features is source. It is Hawaiian style source, I think. Shrimp in North shore is definitely worth trying! It seems that many customers wrote messages on the van.


It goes without saying that Hawaii is well known for Hula. One thing that I didn't know before going to Hawaii is that typical Hula we imagine is not a traditional dance in Hawaii. It is called modern Hula that was created by foreigner who tried to make Hawaii attractive tourist island. Traditional one is more powerful and spiritual and sacred because it is a ritual while modern one is more relaxing and catchy. I like both of them because each of them has its own feature.