Hanapepe

Look for art on Kauai in the little community of Hanapepe in the west. Once a haven for opium-smoking Chinese rice farmers in the 19th century, it would be a ghost town today if it not for the myriad galleries cropping up on the town’s one main street, Hanapepe Road. There’s some junk, to be sure, but also lovely antique prints of Hawaii in Kauai Fine Art, stunning photographs at the Arius Hopman Gallery, and hand-painted tiles and ceramics at the Banana Patch Studios, all within easy walking distance of one another. To ensure that the galleries are open when you visit, go for the Friday Art Night, when you’ll have a chance to meet the owners and artists.