Kona Banyan Condos

08/01/2023

...And how did this Hotel come to be? "The pink hotel—and yes, the family says it has always been some shade of pink—was built in 1926 by Jindero and Hatsuyo Inaba. Both had come to Hawai‘i just before 1900 to work on the sugar plantations on the Hāmākua side of the island. Many other Japanese like them moved to the Kona side of Hawai‘i Island to escape the hardships and discrimination of plantation life. Jindero himself walked from Pepe‘ekeo on the east side all the way to Kona where he and many others found independence and opportunity.
He planted some of the first coffee in the ahupua‘a of Wai‘aha (an ancient land division), making him one of the Kona coffee pioneers. He also worked for decades as a cook for a German immigrant family in Hōlualoa. After 27 years in Hōlualoa, he and his wife, Hatsuyo, opened the Kona Hotel in 1926." -Ke Ola Magazine, January 2016

03/11/2023

Snow from space!

Check out this amazing image of the snow-capped mountains of Hawaii Island. It was captured as the International Space Station flew overhead.

As we reported last night, conditions atop Mauna Kea in recent weeks have been brutal: https://buff.ly/3mAd6bg

10/03/2022

If you want more information regarding the condos, please go to www.konabanyan.com. Faster than a FB message. Mahalo!

Find the oceanfront beachfront Mountain View fully furnished luxury vacation condos rentals in Kailua Kona with parking, private pool, dining room, etc. at budget-friendly prices.

10/03/2022

Vintage 1970: Warm and sunny Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona, on leeward Hawaii Island.

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08/16/2022

Kai, for ocean, is another of those short, simple Hawaiian words used by so many who do not speak the language. It is part of many names such as: Kainalu, Kainehe, Kaiʻolu, Kaiʻoli, Kaioʻo, and even Hawaiʻi Kai. And it is often mispronounced.



https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-august-15th