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What the Aloha shirt can teach us.
Roots of Aloha Shirts

What the Aloha shirt can teach us.

When you travel to Hawaii, the most common word you will see and hear is definitely "aloha. Aloha" is both a greeting and a word meaning "love. Hawaii is a wonderful place where the most commonly used word is "love. This shirt is named after the word "aloha. By unraveling the story of the aloha shirt, which is like Hawaii itself, you may be able to learn more about Hawaii.

  • Photo_Kuni Nakai
  • Composition&Text_Takuro Watanabe
  • Edit_Ryo Komuta
  • Coordination_EJ Moriguchi
  • Cooperation_Hawai'i Tourism Japan

Aloha shirts from the venerable Sig Zane Designs.
Hawaiian Airlines welcomes you in uniform.

The moment you enter the cabin of a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Japan to Hawaii, you will be greeted by staff in Hawaiian-style uniforms that will make you feel like you are in Hawaii. The theme of the uniforms, created by Sig Zane, is "ku'u makou" (meaning "joining forces"). The uniforms are decorated with the words "ohekapala" and "lehua.

Ohekapala is a bamboo stamp with intricate designs carved on it that is often used to create traditional kapa patterns, It is a uniform that is uniquely Hawaiian, incorporating tradition, culture, nature, history, and a message in a single shirt.

The reopened Fukuoka-Hawaii route and the additional flights to Hawaii in August.

With the lifting of restrictions on entry into Japan from overseas, Hawaii has finally become easier to get to. Hawaiian Airlines is also receiving good news one after another. On April 30, the Fukuoka - Honolulu route, which had been suspended for three years due to the pandemic, resumed service with three flights per week, making Hawaii trips from the Kyushu area more accessible. Currently, four nonstop flights connecting Japan and Hawaii from Haneda, Narita, Kansai, and Fukuoka to Honolulu are operated by Airbus' comfortable A330 wide-body aircraft equipped with 278 seats.

From August 7 (Mon.) through August 19 (Sat.), when demand for travel increases, flights between Japan and Honolulu will be increased to 31 flights per week, including four round-trips per day (some routes will continue to have increased flights after August 19). In addition, there will be 150 daily flights between the islands of the state of Hawaii! Oahu, of course, and the other islands of Hawaii, which are full of charm, await!

INFORMATION

Hawaiian Airlines

www.hawaiianairlines.co.jp