Ke hoʻāʻo nei e hōʻiliʻili iā Obama ma Hawaii

Ua manaʻo ʻo Mitch Berger e hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi ʻo Barack Obama ʻoiai ʻo ia e kalaiwa nei i kahi ukana o nā malihini kipa i kahi wao nahele ʻo Oahu i Kepakemapa i hala.

“E hele ana makou i ke Koola ma ka aoao makani, a ma ke ala ua kuhikuhi aku au i ka Rainbow Drive-in ma Kapahulu kahi i ai ai o Obama,” wahi a Berger, ka mea nona na alakai o Oahu. “Pīhoihoi ka poʻe a ʻōlelo mai iaʻu e lohi i hiki iā lākou ke kiʻi i ke kiʻi. A ke noʻonoʻo nei au, 'Ua like kēia me ke kiʻi ʻana iā Zippy.' ”

"Nānā wau i ko lākou mau maka a ʻike wau ua hauʻoli nui lākou," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Berger. "No laila ua hoʻoholo wau e hana i kahi huakaʻi piha ʻo Obama."

ʻO nā huakaʻi ʻo Obama ka huahana huakaʻi hou loa o Hawaiʻi, me nā ʻoihana i hoʻokumu ʻia e like me Berger a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana mua e ʻimi nei e loaʻa kālā i ke kumu o ka pelekikena hou ma Honolulu.

I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe mea e loaʻa kālā nui ma nā huakaʻi a ke nalo nei kekahi o nā leo ma mua o ke koho balota e pili ana i ka pelekikena hānau mua o Hawaiʻi nei.

Ma ʻelima mau mahina a me ka helu ʻana, holo ʻo Berger i kekahi o nā huakaʻi kahiko loa ʻo Obama a ua huki ʻo ia ma kahi o 25 mau kānaka i ka pule. ʻO kāna huakaʻi ʻelua a me ka hapa he $40 no kēlā me kēia kanaka.

"A ke ulu nei ia," wahi a Berger, nona nā kaʻa kaʻa he 15 mau kaʻa, kahi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa he 24 noho a me kahi ʻaoʻao pūnaewele, www.obamatourhawaii.com, ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai Australia, Brazil a me ʻEulopa. "ʻAʻole ia i hoʻololi i kaʻu mau huakaʻi wao ua, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoihana."

Ma ka liʻiliʻi o 20 mau hui e hoʻohana ana iā "Obama" ma ko lākou mau inoa i hoʻopaʻa inoa i kahi ʻoihana me ka Moku'āina ʻOihana Kālepa a me nā Kūʻai Kūʻai i nā mahina ma mua a ma hope o ke koho balota.

ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou he hui mākaʻikaʻi, me Obama Ohana Tour, Obama's Roots Hawaiian Tours, a me Obama's Footsteps Hawaiian Tours. ʻAʻole i hele ka nui ma mua o ka hoʻohui ʻana.

Nā puke a me nā palapala ʻāina a me nā mea hou aku

ʻO kekahi o nā mea mua i komo i ka pāʻani ʻo Ron Jacobs, nāna i kākau "Obamaland: ʻO wai ʻo Barack Obama?" (Trade Publishing, Honolulu; $19.95).

He kanaka lekiō kūloko a me Mainland, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Jacobs iā "Obama Land Hawaii" ma ʻAukake 19 no ke kumu o "ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā media āpau i ʻike ʻia a i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā huahana a me nā lawelawe ʻo Barack Obama."

"Ua manaʻo wale wau e hana wau i kēia puke," wahi a Jacobs, ka mea i hele i Punahou a ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hoa ʻohana Obama ʻo US Rep. Neil Abercrombie no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.

ʻO "Obamaland," ka mea e hana wikiwiki nei i nā hale kūʻai puke mokupuni, me nā palapala 'āina i kaha ʻia e nā cones liʻiliʻi o ka hau hau. Aia kekahi “O-zone Key” i nā kikoʻī (laʻana: “No. 93. Honolulu Zoo. Lawe i ka ʻohana e ʻike i nā pēpē tigers hou”).

ʻOi aku ka hoʻopili ʻana o ka puke a Jacobs ma mua o ka moʻolelo, i kālai ʻia mai ka ʻike i loaʻa ma ka Pūnaewele, a me nā kiʻi a me nā kiʻi ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia e kona mau hoaaloha a me nā hoa ʻohana Obama.

Ua lanakila ʻo Peter Cannon, ka pelekikena a me ka mea nona ka Hawaiian Resources, i ka hana ʻana i kāna palapala ʻāina ʻo Obama: Ua hana ʻo ia i ka hana a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka Hawaiiana - nā leka leta, nā kalena o ka moana, nā decals, nā puke - mai ka makahiki 1972.

Ua hana ʻo Cannon no nā makahiki me Frank Nielsen (www.francomaps.com) o Corona, Calif., e hana i nā palapala ʻāina alakaʻi huakaʻi a luʻu o Hawaiʻi a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe.

ʻO Obama's Oahu, he palapala ʻāina wai ʻole ($6 kūʻai kūʻai no ka mana pelu, $10 no ka laminated) kau i kā lākou palapala ʻāina kaulana ʻo Oahu ma kekahi ʻaoʻao a ʻo ka palapala ʻāina kamaliʻi ʻo Honolulu kūlanakauhale o Obama ma kekahi ʻaoʻao. (Laʻana: Pāʻani Paki ma kahi o Waikiki. “Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo ia i kona akamai i nā pāʻani pila ma nā pā waho ma ʻaneʻi. …”).

"Ua ʻike ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Obama ma ke ʻano he ala ʻē aʻe e lawe mai i nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka mokuʻāina," wahi a Cannon. Ua ʻoki ʻo George Washington liʻiliʻi i ke kumulāʻau cherry, ua aʻo ʻo Abe Lincoln liʻiliʻi i loko o ka hale lāʻau ma ke kukui kukui, a hele ʻo Barry Obama i Punahou.

Aia ʻo Obama's Oahu ma 100 mau hale kūʻai a puni ka mokuʻāina.

"ʻAʻole au i loaʻa kahi palapala ʻāina e like me kēia," wahi a Cannon. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hoihoi mai Norewai, Iapana."

He mea paʻakikī ka nani

ʻOiai ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hoihoi i nā mahina e holo ana a hiki i ke koho balota a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana, aia kekahi mau hōʻike ua palupalu ʻo Obama-mania ma nā mokupuni.

"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā noi he nui no nā huakaʻi i ka wā i hoʻomaha ai ʻo Obama ma ʻaneʻi i ka makahiki i hala, akā hoʻokahi wale nō noi i loaʻa iā mākou i kēlā me kēia pule, inā ʻo ia," wahi a Frank Hernandez, kahi concierge ma ka hōkele ʻo Halekulani ma Waikiki.

Hana pū ʻo Halekulani me Polynesian Adventure Tours, e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka pūnaewele no $36.76 (lalo mai $39) i kēia pule.

"Loaʻa iā mākou nā nīnau he nui e pili ana i nā huakaʻi 'Lost'. Manaʻo wau ʻo ia ka nani o Hawaiʻi - ʻike ʻia ʻo Punahou ʻaʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me North Shore," wahi a Hernandez.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka nani o ka pōʻai paʻa ma Makiki kahi i hānau ʻia ai ʻo Obama, i noho ai a i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ai, ʻaneʻane kokoke i ke kaona nui a ʻaʻohe mea ʻike ʻole. ʻO nā paʻakikī o ka hana ʻana i kahi huakaʻi koʻikoʻi ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau minuke e ʻike koke ʻia me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mea koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka Baskin-Robbins kahi i hana pōkole ai ʻo Obama i kona wā ʻōpio a me ka hale kūʻai ʻo Checker Auto Parts i lilo i hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahi i hiki ai iā Obama. ʻAʻole i ʻike i ka "Star Wars" i ka makahiki 1977.

Aia ma waenakonu o kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi ka ʻaoʻao ʻeleʻele o ka Punahou Circle Apartments ma 1617 S. Beretania St. kahi i noho ai ʻo Obama me kona mau kūpuna, ʻo Stanley lāua ʻo Madelyn Dunham, mai 1971 a i 1979 i loko o kahi hoʻolimalima ʻelua lumi moe.

Ua hele ʻo Obama i laila ma mua o ke koho balota e kipa i kona kupuna wahine maʻi. Ua make ʻo ia i ka lā 3 o Nov.

"Ua ʻoi aku ka mālie i kēia manawa," wahi a Pete Jones, ka luna noho o ka hale, ka mea i ʻōlelo i ka wikiwiki nui i hiki mai i ka manawa o ke kipa.

“Ua like ia me Grand Central Station ia manawa. Akā ke ʻōlelo nei au e hele mai nā poʻe ma kahi o ʻehā mau manawa i ka pule, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. “Aia nā kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole nā ​​kaʻa e hele pū ana. ʻAʻole lākou e kū maʻamau.”

Ua koi ʻia ka mokuʻāina e hoʻonui hou aku

Manaʻo ʻo Cannon a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e nele ana ka mokuʻāina i ka manawa e hoʻolaha ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana iā Obama ma Hawaii, e like me kā Chicago, ke kūlanakauhale hānau o Obama i kēia manawa.

"ʻO ka [Hawaii Tourism Authority] a me nā mana e pili ana, ʻaʻole lākou i hana maikaʻi loa," wahi a Cannon.

ʻO Rob Kay, ka mea kākau kūloko a me ka mea kākau o Obamasneighborhood.com, he pūnaewele puni honua e hōʻike ana i nā kahua hehi ʻo Obama ma Hawaiʻi, he ʻakaʻaka e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i Obama Tourism Authority.

ʻOi aku ka koʻikoʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kay ua manaʻo ʻo ia e ʻike nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale a me ka mokuʻāina i nā hopena lōʻihi o kahi pelekikena ʻo Obama.

"ʻO ka hope - a ʻike ʻia ke hana nei ka mokuʻāina i kēia - pono mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hōʻailona mōʻaukala, no ka mea, he ʻano kuʻikahi koʻikoʻi kēia," wahi a Kay. "E hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻaʻole kitschy, ʻaʻole e like me kēia mau moʻolelo me nā gewgaws maʻamau o Obama. Kainō? Ua lele ʻo Chicago ma luna o kēia, a ʻaʻole mākou.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Kay i kekahi manaʻo ʻē aʻe: "Pono ʻo Hawaiʻi e noʻonoʻo e loaʻa kahi waihona Obama i kekahi manawa. Ma hea ia e hele ai? Pono ke kūlanakauhale a me ka moku'āina e noʻonoʻo i ia mea, hāʻawi paha i kahi ʻāpana ʻāina ma Kakaako. Inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, he mea hoʻolaha nui ia e kiʻi ai i ka nūpepa aupuni.