Signs of Hawaiian Life – March 31, 2024
![Peter Noel of Honolulu flashed a shaka at Aloha Oaxaca in Oaxaca, Mexico, a speakeasy tiki bar expertly concealed near an historic church, according to its website. Photo by Cafey Millard.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/web1_Cafey-Millard-of-Honolulu-Aloha-Oaxaca-Oaxaca-Mexico.jpg)
Peter Noel of Honolulu flashed a shaka at Aloha Oaxaca in Oaxaca, Mexico, a speakeasy tiki bar “expertly concealed” near an historic church, according to its website. Photo by Cafey Millard.
![Ameya Yokocho, a street of shops in Kyoto, is a bargain shoppers bonanza. Steven Togami of Kailua found a store there selling secondhand bags, including one from a familiar market.
Photo by Debra Togami.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/web1_Togami-Kailua-whole-foods-bag-Kyoto.jpeg)
Ameya Yokocho, a street of shops in Kyoto, is a bargain shopper’s bonanza. Steven Togami of Kailua found a store there selling secondhand bags, including one from a familiar market. Photo by Debra Togami.
![While following UH volleyball to Virginia, we found Manoa. The bakery was named from a Hebrew word meaning relaxing, wrote Greg Tam of Waipio. Manoa is in Annandale, Va. Photo by Lynn Tam.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/web1_Tam-Manoa.jpeg)
“While following UH volleyball to Virginia, we found Manoa. The bakery was named from a Hebrew word meaning ‘relaxing,’” wrote Greg Tam of Waipio. Manoa is in Annandale, Va. Photo by Lynn Tam.
![Peter Noel of Honolulu flashed a shaka at Aloha Oaxaca in Oaxaca, Mexico, a speakeasy tiki bar expertly concealed near an historic church, according to its website. Photo by Cafey Millard.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/web1_Cafey-Millard-of-Honolulu-Aloha-Oaxaca-Oaxaca-Mexico.jpg)
![Ameya Yokocho, a street of shops in Kyoto, is a bargain shoppers bonanza. Steven Togami of Kailua found a store there selling secondhand bags, including one from a familiar market.
Photo by Debra Togami.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/web1_Togami-Kailua-whole-foods-bag-Kyoto.jpeg)
![While following UH volleyball to Virginia, we found Manoa. The bakery was named from a Hebrew word meaning relaxing, wrote Greg Tam of Waipio. Manoa is in Annandale, Va. Photo by Lynn Tam.](https://staradvertiser.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/web1_Tam-Manoa.jpeg)
Select an option below to continue reading this premium story.
Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading.