When lists are made of what tourists should do while on Oahu, going to the Swap Meet at the Aloha Stadium is often on the list. Since coming to Hawaii a couple months ago, we have done very few tourist events, but decided to check this flea market out to search for a hat and napkin rings. This market is open on weekends and Wednesday only.

It quickly became obvious that the flea market is smaller now than it probably was a couple years ago, before COVID. Many of the stalls were empty, with the layout easily having room for twice as many stalls as were now open. Those vendors who are now operating tend to sell basically the same items as many of their neighbors. For example, there were dozens of hat and T-shirt sellers, many for ridiculously low prices that pretty much screamed that they were poor quality and would not survive long in normal use.

There were also many jewelry vendors, mostly selling their own designs. Again, there were dozens of these shops, but many of them did have attractive original designs.

There were also a few shops with relatively unique hand-crafted products. For example, there was only one ukulele seller (top-left), and one musical frog seller (middle) ☺

As with pretty much every flea market we have visited in the world, from Tibet to Oakland to Honolulu, there were vendors with tarps laid out brimming with various tools, golf clubs (bottom-third image) , fishing reels (bottom-right), and various pieces of household junk (bottom-second)

Of course, there was also a food section. We ate a rather delicious chicken skewer (top left), and Evelyn tried out some Hawaiian toffee (bottom)