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To Property Owners (About Room Sharing)

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  • 仕事
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  • 2026/08/22 14:36

I posted this because I’d like to hear from owners who rent out their rooms through a room-sharing arrangement
.

Regarding personal belongings, furniture, or appliances
—and how to handle situations where it’s unclear who caused the damage when
several people are living together—we’d like to hear your advice as we’re planning to start renting out a room ourselves
and want to learn about various issues, such as disputes between tenants
.
Thank you in advance 🤲

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Babysitter Placement Agency

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#1
  • そうめん好き
  • 2026/07/25 17:35

I live in Hawaii. I have two children, ages 2 and 5. Since both my spouse and I work and often have to work late, we’d like to use a babysitting agency. I’d appreciate any advice from anyone who has experience with this. Thank you in advance.

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  • Hibi
  • 2026/08/19 (Wed) 16:30
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If you have a spare room, I’d recommend considering a live-in babysitter （ Au Pair ） as one of your options.
There’s a placement agency called “Au Pair International,” and Hawaii is one of the areas they cover. ！

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Children's HOLO Cards

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#1
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  • 2026/08/12 10:38

My child will turn 6 next month.
We use The Bus to get to school, but it seems a HOLO card is required starting at age 6, so we need to get one.
Is going to the Kalihi Transit Center the only way to do this?
Also, do I have to bring my child with me to the Kalihi Transit Center to get the card?
Or can I get it done if I go alone as a parent, as long as I bring my passport or other ID?
If anyone knows, please let me know.

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  • rak
  • 2026/08/12 (Wed) 14:07
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I'm not up to date on the latest information, but I believe you could also get one at the service counters of Foodland and Time’s Supermarket at Ala Moana Shopping Center.
You can also have multiple accounts under your own name.

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#3

You can't get HOLO cards for children at places like Foodland.

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#4
  • rak
  • 2026/08/12 (Wed) 16:17
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My apologies.
It seems you need a photo ID (such as a passport) to get the children’s discount.
It seems the locations are limited to
Satellite City Halls (except Ala Moana Center)
TheBus Pass Office (Kalihi)
Online (see form below)
.
Since I’ll probably be taking the bus with my child to school, this was very helpful.

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#5

https://www.thebus.org/Fare/FareTran_Youth_Japanese.asp

#4 You're absolutely right, rak.
I'll post the URL here for reference.

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#6

Thank you, everyone.
Satellite City Hall operates by appointment only and had no openings until the second week of next month. … It looks like I’ll have to go to the Karihi Transit Center. Thank you for the information.

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Road Test Without a Car

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  • Ray
  • 2026/08/08 21:46

I’ve passed the written test and am now trying to schedule my road test.
For those who have no issues with driving skills—such as having driven in another state—and who took the test in a rental car rather than using their own car or borrowing a friend’s, is there anyone here? ？

I’ve seen comments on blogs from quite a while ago saying things like, “There are rental car companies that’ll lend cars to provisional license holders for the test,” or “I was able to use an hourly car-sharing service,” but since there are no details—such as which specific companies were used—they’re not helpful at all.
If anyone has personal experience with this, please share your story with me.

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I'm looking for a violin class taught in Japanese.

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  • バイオリン
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  • 2026/07/07 14:01

I'm looking for a （ Japanese-language ） violin class for my child, who just turned 3.
I'm only looking for places that offer instruction in Japanese, so if you know of any, I would appreciate it if you could let me know. ！

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Hello ！
I’ve been thinking about having my 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter take violin lessons, and while I was looking into it, I found this studio.
I was planning to have her start around the time she turns 3, so I haven’t contacted them yet …. It looks like they teach in both Japanese and English 😄

https://www.violinartistry.com/lessons/

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#5
  • バイオリン
  • 2026/07/14 (Tue) 09:23
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Thank you for letting me know. I'll contact them.

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#6

I’ve taken lessons at Virtuoso Violin.
Everyone from young children to adults seemed to be enjoying their lessons.
Please feel free to check out their website.

https://virtuosoviolinhawaii.com/

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  • バイオリン
  • 2026/07/22 (Wed) 18:42
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Thank you for letting me know. So there is a Japanese teacher there. I’d like to get in touch with them.

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  • HIRO
  • 2026/08/04 (Tue) 09:32
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I think you'll also find them at the music school in Ala Moana.
https://www.reneesmusichawaii.com/japanese/teachers/

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Discovery Bay Condominium

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  • サウナ❤️
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  • 2026/07/14 12:05

My parents and I are currently planning a one-month vacation to Hawaii. ！ I love saunas, so I’d like to stay at Discovery Bay, but… what’s the temperature in the sauna there? ？
Does anyone who lives there know?⁉ ️ Could you please let me know?
Thank you in advance🙇‍ ♀ ️

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  • AL
  • 2026/07/14 (Tue) 21:47
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It would be faster to ask Discovery Bay directly.

On rare occasions, it may be closed for maintenance.

I’d recommend the sauna at Sky Ala Moana instead.

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#3

I live in Discovery Bay ！
When it gets hot, the thermometer sometimes reads 140, but since that’s in Fahrenheit, I don’t think it’s as hot as it is in Japan.
Also, it occasionally breaks down.

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Please let me know if you know of any

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  • アンマスク
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  • 2026/04/05 19:06

I don't think I should name names, so
I would appreciate your understanding, but
isn't it very difficult to find a Japanese American hair salon in Hawaii and a salon manager
？
I finally found one, but
she suddenly "quit". I would like to go back to the salon if she is working in another salon.
She was working at a salon not far from the Hilton until about March.
If anyone knows her, please let me know.

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I was probably in the care of the same person for a long time.
I heard of his retirement just as I was thinking ！ that I had finally found someone I could trust as well.
Her instagram also disappeared and I am wondering if there were some sudden circumstances.
If you are still in Hawaii I would like to know too.
（ sorry for the non-answer ）

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  • 2026/04/14 (Tue) 17:20
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#2 Mikecat
I visited many hair salons in Hawaii
and finally found the right stylist,
so now I can't look any further.
Please let me know if you have any information about this stylist that you liked
.
Thank you!

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That I don't share my mother-in-law's idea of education.

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  • 子育て
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  • 2026/04/19 23:02

My mother-in-law is a fourth-generation Japanese-American, and she is a very kind person, but I sometimes have a hard time sympathizing with her ideas about child-rearing.
She told me that I need to make my children say "Please may I have xxxx." instead of "I want to eat xxxx. And if the child can say it properly, I say I will give it to him. I think it is meaningless to train my children to say it politely, because sometimes I cannot give it to them no matter how politely they ask for it. On the other hand, I am worried that children will think they can get anything if they ask politely.
This explanation is a bit confusing, but if anyone can understand it, I would appreciate your advice.

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  • 子育て終了ママ
  • 2026/04/20 (Mon) 13:37
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I think that praising a child's language and giving treats are two completely different things.
While praising the child when he uses correct language, if he asks for a snack when he shouldn't, the mother should gently explain why it's not a good time. Since your mother-in-law is also a kind person, I am sure that she will understand the basic things that are important in your family if you discuss them with her. In my case, my own mother is a person who tends to get emotional when her opinion is not taken, but my American mother-in-law was very kind. Sometimes she gave me advice, but she was not pushy. Whenever she disagreed with my ideas, I would explain my own ideas softly, and she would think about it, so there was almost never an awkward moment. We eventually got along so well that we could talk about harsh things and laugh at each other, so I think it's better not to get frustrated in the beginning. Good luck.

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#4
  • 子育て
  • 2026/04/21 (Tue) 13:45
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Thank you for the adbus, mama who finished raising her child ！
It's good to accept once ！ and step up to the plate.
I thought it would be good to teach my kids to use polite language with Gramma, since I only see my mother-in-law when I go to stay with her that way.

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  • 2026/04/21 (Tue) 15:01
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As you mentioned in your advice, I also think that correcting language and giving treats are two different things. In Hawaii, there seems to be a lot of differences in the way people speak depending on their parents' background, the area they live in, the school they attend, the homeroom teacher, etc. Teaching them correct and beautiful English in addition to the locale-specific English will help them when they become adults. I think that teaching them correct and beautiful English in addition to loco-style English will be useful for them when they grow up. If they get a job in the U.S. mainland or travel around the world in the future, it will be essential for them to speak standard English. My husband is very local and went to a private school in Oahu with a very strict language policy, but he spent his adolescence in the countryside of the Big Island of Hawaii, so he speaks with a very thick pidgin accent. I am very envious because I can speak in a casual pidgin with the locals and in beautiful English otherwise. I am also done raising my children, but I was quite strict with my children's snacks. The most important thing is to be consistent in addition to explaining things properly to your child. I think it is best to explain things the same way every time, using logic that is easy for the child to understand, without changing from one thing to another depending on the mother's mood or mood. In my own case, it was often agonizing, but I was saved when, as an adult, my children told me, "I didn't understand then, but now I understand why mom did what she did, and I am grateful that she did.

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  • 子育て
  • 2026/04/21 (Tue) 15:29
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I thought it was not necessary to speak so politely because my English is at a daily conversational level and I only know Hawaii, and moreover, my child just turned 4 years old, so I thought it was enough if I could talk to him. But in the future, it would be better to have a good command of the language ！.

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Recommendations for sightseeing outside of Oahu are ？.

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  • 2026/02/19 11:44

I'm planning a trip to a nearby island for one or two nights with my child for spring break ！
Please let me know which island and what kind of places you recommend ！ ！

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  • 2026/02/25 (Wed) 08:55
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If you are staying on the Big Island for two nights, you will be limited to visiting only one side of the island, but I think you will enjoy both the Kona and Hilo sides of the island. I think the Hilo side is closer to all the tourist attractions, so you can save on travel time.

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  • DT
  • 2026/03/19 (Thu) 22:08
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I lived on Kauai for three years.

Kauai is a great place to see and be seen ？

Kauai Coffee ： This place is closing down at the end of this month.
Hanalei ： It's like a country town.
Princeville ： A new residential area just before Hanalei.
Waimea Eleele ： The soil color is reddish-brown, and
dyed T-shirts using this color are
famous.
Waimea Canyon
Koloa area ： You can see old and new towns.
Lihue area ： There is a harbor and many places to shop.

Well, that's about it. Please go there.

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Where Oahu Residents Go for One Night ？.

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  • ハワイ新参者
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  • 2026/03/06 10:25

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I tried to go to Ko Olina or North but all I could find were hotels over 1000 per night $ I don't know if I did my research wrong or not.
I would appreciate it if you could tell me where I can go and stay for one night ！
I just moved to Hawaii, so I don't have any friends to tell me.

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  • Wai
  • 2026/03/06 (Fri) 16:07
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That's what hotels in Hawaii are like now … By the way, there is a $100 hostel on the North Shore for backpackers, so that's where you would stay on the island.

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  • Kuroneko
  • 2026/03/07 (Sat) 07:15
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Kamaaina stay cation, but you could also try to get a DEAL when it's off-season.
You can go to Papulik's campsite or
If you don't live in the town, you can stay at a hotel in Waikiki and enjoy
the lively night life in Waikiki.

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#4
  • Airbnb
  • 2026/03/07 (Sat) 09:03
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If the timing is right, Airbnb can also help you find a place to stay cheaper than a hotel.

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  • ハワイ新参者
  • 2026/03/07 (Sat) 11:18
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I see
I was surprised that hotels in Waikiki are cheaper, but once you leave Waikiki ＆ Ala Moana $ it is normal to spend over 1000 ・ ・ ・
it is a small island country after all ・ ・
I don't think I could live here for long unless I really like Hawaii💦
I would get bored easily, especially since I like to travel.

How are you spending the holidays with your family ？
Ours is beach, pool, BBQ ・ ・ ・ we do it all the time. 😢

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