{"id":159,"date":"2023-03-10T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T22:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living.halekulani.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2023-09-28T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T19:08:20","slug":"house-without-a-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living.halekulani.com\/ja\/house-without-a-key\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7269\u8a9e\u306b\u6e80\u3061\u305f\u6b74\u53f2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThat\u2019s how the murder happens,\u201d says Hi\u2018inani Blakesley, cultural advisor at Halekulani, as we stand in front of the hotel, facing Kawehewehe channel. It is the same channel that Kamehameha the Great sailed through in 1795 to land his troops on O\u2018ahu in his mission to unite the islands, Blakesley tells me. It is a clear, wide channel of sand through Waik\u012bk\u012b\u2019s reef, stretching all the way to the breakpoint, where today we can see surfers waiting for waves at Pops. This is the channel that (spoiler alert) enables the murder in Earl Derr Biggers\u2019 The House Without a Key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1919, Biggers stayed at the hotel Gray\u2019s-By-The-Sea, which stood near where we are now, and where the idea of the novel came to him. Many people know that Halekulani\u2019s bar and restaurant House Without A Key was named after the novel, but few realize the story\u2019s title itself was inspired by the hotel he stayed in, previously J.A. Gilman\u2019s home, an actual house without a key\u2014and so the name comes full circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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