Hōlualoa village

Hōlualoa is a working artist village, not a tourist set piece. Galleries are working studios — be quiet inside, ask before photographing artists at work, and buy local if you can. Many artists live in the buildings their galleries occupy. Street parking is limited and often tight on First Friday or weekend afternoons; park considerately and don't block driveways. The hōlua slide referenced in the village name was a chiefly Hawaiian sport site that has been lost; treat the name itself as cultural memory.