A selection of hand-made leis, traditional Hawaiian necklaces made of flowers and worn mostly on special occasions, fill a cooler at Lin's Lei Shop in the Chinatown district of Honolulu, Hawaii December 22, 2015. Hawaii, whose economy depends heavily on tourism, sees a brief lull in visitors each year in January and February. But in addition to the usual tourist destinations, the state shows a unique overlay of mainland U.S. culture atop tropical beauty year-round. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A rainbow brightens the sky as commuters make their way home on a city bus in afternoon traffic in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii December 22, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Shoppers check out the selection of poke - a traditional Hawaiian dish of dressed, raw ahi tuna or other fish - in the deli case at Malama Market in Haleiwa, Hawaii December 30, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Graffiti decorates a wall outside a produce market in the Chinatown district of Honolulu, Hawaii December 22, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors look at a handmade quilt by deposed Hawaiian Queen Lili'uokalani in her 1895 captivity in the Iolani Palace, now a museum in Honolulu, Hawaii December 22, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A tropical flower design helps a public phone booth stand out near a homeless man as he sits on a park bench just before lying down for the night in the Waikiki district of Honolulu, Hawaii December 22, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Johnny Puakea, whose father is a well-known craftsman of traditional Koa wood-hewn Hawaiian canoes, assembles one of his own sleek carbon-fiber outrigger canoe designs at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu, Hawaii January 1, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Young people brave the rocks and surf to enjoy the tidal pools below the Makapuu Lighthouse trail near Waimanalo, Hawaii December 27, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





The shadow of a parking meter falls across the word aloha - the traditional Hawaiian word of greeting - etched in a city sidewalk in Honolulu, Hawaii December 22, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A no parking sign turns motorists away from a view on the coastline southeast of Honolulu, Hawaii December 27, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Aspiring boxer Fiyah Tuimavave lifts weights on an outdoor pad with a view of the Koolau Mountain Range from a crossroads in Kahaluu, Hawaii January 1, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





The sky and ocean are reflected in the windows of the Outrigger hotel in the Waikiki district of Honolulu, Hawaii December 29, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Young people take pictures at the Halona Blowhole Lookout in Honolulu, Hawaii December 27, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Colorful inflatable rafts are locked up in a surfboard locker at a hotel in the Waikiki district of Honolulu, Hawaii December 29, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A large selection of Spam, a canned ham product beloved in Hawaii, fills the shelves at Malama Market in Haleiwa, Hawaii December 30, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Houses border a park in Ewa Beach, Hawaii December 31, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A McDonald's restaurant features a beach mural and trash cans reading "mahalo" - Hawaiian for thank you - at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii December 24, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Graffiti from a local artist known as Beak covers a traffic barrier on the roadside above Kahana Bay Beach Park in Hauula, Hawaii January 1, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A young man does a flip into the water along the coastline near Waimanalo, Hawaii December 27, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A man with a surfboard passes a city crosswalk in the heavily touristed Waikiki section of Honolulu, Hawaii January 1, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)