You have perhaps seen the ‘E Komo Mai’ (pronounced: eh koh-moh-my) or ‘welcome’ signs as you enter a store, or when you land at the airport, greeting you to come in and have an authentic Hawaiian experience. The feeling of belonging, the desire to have people come together and have this sense of community….the open arms that greet you with aloha.

It is so hard for me to explain the feeling I get when my plane approaches landing in Hawaii. The islands seem to scream “E komo mai” to me. Even before my feet hit the ground, I have that feeling of aloha…that feeling that Hawaii wants me to come and become one with its land, its culture, its people.

How do you express your ‘e komo mai’ feeling to your friends and family? How do the Hawaiian Islands express ‘e komo’ mai to you?

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