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Hilo Hawaii is a town surrounded by water falls and tropical gardens with a mixture of Asian and Polynesian cultures. Hilo is renowned for its festivals, flowers, music, tropical rainy climate, and laid back lifestyle.
HiloLiving.com describes what it is like living in Hilo Hawaii with resources and insights about moving to Hawaii, shipping cars and belongings to Hawaii, and renting and setting up a household in Hawaii.
Hilo Hawaii hosts the most renowned hula competition, Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, which draws hula lovers from around the world to Hilo during Easter week. The 2013 Merrie Monarch is the 50th Annual celebration of the event in Hilo. Here is the 2013 Merrie Monarch Preliminary Schedule
Hilo has year round festivals and pageantry such as the Royal Order of King Kamehameha celebration, the County Fair, the Hilo PowWow, Polynesian dance and Hawaiian music festivals.
Downtown Hilo is lined with gift shops, clothing stores, restaurants, and treats like Hawaiian shave ice. Hilo's Farmers market is at the corner of Kamehameha and Mamo streets and the Band Stand in downtown Hilo is used for celebrations and performances. Parades through downtown Hilo are a common sight celebrating holidays during the year.
Hilo Hawaii is surrounded by waterfalls filled by east Hawaii's frequent and refreshing rain. The famed Rainbow Falls on the Wailuku River is located just above downtown Hilo . Peepee Falls and Boiling Pots in Wailuku River State park is a lesser known series of water cascades and lava pools just above Rainbow Falls.
Hilo Hawaii sits below Mauna Kea mountain and above Hilo Bay. Banyan peninsula, which juts into Hilo Bay, hosts Hilo's hotels, Liliuokalani Gardens, and is covered with Banyan trees named for famous people. During the year Hilo Bay hosts Outrigger canoe paddling races and cruise liners visit weekly.
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We blog about life in Hawaii, personal finance, health issues, real estate, energy, and the global economy from our perspective living on the island of Hawaii. In addition to our web sites and blogs, we wrote a book YOUR IDEAL HAWAII HOME: Avoid Disaster when Buying or Building in Hawaii which is available in paperback and Kindle format. The book provides information about Hawaii's climate zones, bugs, and describes house features that keep houses cool and bug free in the tropics.
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