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This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Hawaiʻi.The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
The monument was inaugurated on April 8, 1975 and is meant to commemorate the cordial Post-World War II Japan–Philippines relations. [1] On the following day, a bell which was imported from Japan was ceremonially rang by then Bagac Mayor Atilano Ricardo and RKK youth head Rev. Kinjiro Niwano. [3]
ʻĪao Valley (Hawaiian: ʻĪao: "cloud supreme", pronounced similar to "EE-yow") is a lush, stream-cut valley in West Maui, Hawaii, located 3.1 miles (5 km) west of Wailuku. Because of its natural environment and history, it has become a tourist location. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1972. [1]
The Filipino-Japanese Friendship Landmark is a war memorial in the Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines.It is located at Mount Isarog in Sitio Bongcao of Barangay Curry.. During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Forces made a stronghold out of the natural caves found at Bongcao Hill at the foot of Mount Isarog and was the site of the Japanese last stand in the Bicol region in 1945.
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii opened on May 28, 1987 in Moiliili, a majority-Japanese neighborhood in Honolulu. By 1989, the fundraising committee had raised $7.5 million from the Keidanren and other Japanese organizations to buy land and construct a new building to house the organization. Construction of the first phase of the ...
The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center (Japanese: 二世退役軍人記念センター, [1] Nisei Taiekigunjin Kinen Sentā) is a non-profit organization, memorial, and community center, dedicated to Japanese American nisei veterans. [2] It is located on Kahului, Hawaii and features educational exhibits, a preschool, and an adult daycare. The main ...
Honouliuli National Historic Site is near Waipahu on the island of Oahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. This is the site of the Honouliuli Internment Camp which was Hawaiʻi's largest and longest-operating internment camp, opened in 1943 and closed in 1946. It was designated a National monument on February 24, 2015, by President Barack Obama. [4]
Kilauea Point Lighthouse Huliheʻe Palace. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by island and county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; [3] they are here divided ...