Sky Gate by Isamu Noguchi — Attraction in Honolulu

A monstrosity of industrial arrogance. This is Noguchi at his worst..all in your face. A black ‘toilet bowl in the sky’ is how I’ve heard it called.

But the crafty trickster artist embedded a hidden message. A spiritual blessing on Lahaina Noon when the wavy curvy top suddenly is transformed into a perfected shadowy circle. A blessing from spirits above (Hawaiian mythology) at a precisely astronomical moment in our rotational revolving trajectory. I was called recently on July 15th at the precise moment of 12:37 pm when the whole Fasi park was in Lot Hula mood. Visitors chomping down plate lunches all while magic transpired. Is this Isamu at his best..? I am...

A must see for astronomy lovers. The astronomical structure only casts a circle during Lahaina Noon (time in the tropics when the sun it at its perfect zenith and no shadows are cast for vehicle objects).

These photos were taken on Lahaina Noon,...

Interesting way to experience Lahaina Noon through art. There are only two moments each year, one in May and one in July, where the sun is directly overhead and this sculpture casts a perfectly circular shadow. All other times the...