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⏱️7 nights, 0 car, 100 % ocean – copy-paste this pocket map. MORNING MUST-DOS ☀️ 1️⃣ Ala Moana Center – 4.2 % tax therapy, open-air, largest in Pacific – shop before sun burns. 2️⃣ Diamond Head – $5 cash, 7 a.m. slot, 30 min up, 360° crater selfie. 3️⃣ Hanauma Bay – book 48 h ahead, $25, 9 a.m. entry, turtle probability 90 %. AFTERNOON ADDS 🌊 4️⃣ Lanikai Beach – bus #70, 20 min walk from stop, Kanikai Monument overlook = no-filter turquoise. 5️⃣ Byodo-In Temple – $5 card, koi feed $2 = zen + history combo. 6️⃣ Pearl Harbor – clear bag only, $25 Missouri, free Arizona, 2.5 hrs total, book online. FOOD STOPS 🍴 Island Vintage Coffee – Taro bagel + ube cream cheese = queue worth it. Musubi Cafe IYASUME – spam-musubi 3-pack = plane snack + comfort food. Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck – North-Shore mandatory, garlic-butter bath, $14, eat on tail-gate. Honolulu Cookie – pineapple shortbread, cute tin, airport branch = last-minute gift. Restaurant Suntory – hand-pressed pineapple juice, Instagram story. BONUS POCKETS 🌈 Dole Plantation – pit-stop, pineapple whip $8, KT Hello Kitty lottery. Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden – free, misty mountain backdrop, reflection pond = desktop wallpaper. Laniakea Beach – 14:00-16:00 turtle window, stay behind rope, cloud = no turtle, still pretty. ONE-LINE TAKEAWAY “Download offline map, pack reef-safe sunscreen, and let O‘ahu run on pineapple time – every bus stop is a postcard.” 🤙🏼 #US #Hawaii #Honolulu