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Free one-hour walking tours of campus, emphasizing history and architecture, usually
leave from Campus Center ( tour info 956-7137; www.hawaii.edu/campuscenter ; 2465 Cam-
pus Rd; 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri) at 2pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. No reser-
vations are necessary - just check in 10 minutes beforehand at the ticket, information and
ID office upstairs. For a self-guided walking tour of outdoor sculptures and other works
by notable Hawaii artists, ask for a free Campus Art brochure.
A short walk downhill from Campus Center, the John Young Museum of Art MAP
GOOGLE MAP ( 956-3634; www.outreach.hawaii.edu/jymuseum ; Krauss Hall, 2500 Dole St;
11am-2pm Mon-Fri, 1-4pm Sun) houses a 20th-century Hawaii painter's eclectic
collection of artifacts from around the Pacific, Africa and Asia, including ceramics, pot-
tery and sculpture. Although it only fills a couple of rooms, it's worth a quick look.
On the east side of campus, the East-West Center MAP GOOGLE MAP (
944-7111; www.eastwestcenter.org ; 1601 East-West Rd) aims to promote mutual understanding
among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and the USA. Changing exhibitions of art and cul-
ture are displayed in the center's EWC Gallery MAP GOOGLE MAP (1st fl, Burns Hall;
usually 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, noon-4pm Sun) . A short walk further north you'll find a
replica royal Thai pavilion and Japanese garden . Check the center's online calendar for
multicultural programs, including lectures, films, concerts and dance performances.
Designated visitor parking on the Upper Campus costs $2 per half hour (flat rate after
4pm $6).
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1 Upper Manoa Valley, Tantalus & Makiki
North of the university campus, roads wind uphill into Honolulu's green belt, passing
historic homes before entering forest reserves around Mt Tantalus. Further west above
downtown's high-rises, Makiki Heights is the neighborhood where President Obama
spent much of his boyhood.