So trying to figure out things about my grandmas plot and no one answers the phone. I'm over here grieving her loss and now I gotta chase you guys down to get answers?!? read more

Beautiful and very well-kept. The grounds are in great condition and it is very peaceful and well-maintained.

All the times that I've been here the grounds looked well kept. The grass is always mowed. It's really a picturesque place. They have two entrance and exits on 18th and 22nd Ave. It right across the street from Diamond Head Studios and right next to Kaimuki Middle School. This is where Diamond Head Mortuary is located. People are always having funerals here. It's nice on the inside and they have a huge seating area in the back for refreshments afterwards. read more

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Volunteering with the Chinese American WWII Veterans Project has been an eye opening and rewarding experience. I saw a Facebook post from the Hawaii Jaycee Senate. It was a call for help to identify WWII Veterans of Chinese American descent. I was curious because my sisters just enrolled our grandfather into the Recognition Project. I felt like if I helped, I would be finding Veterans who slipped though the cracks and didn't have grandchildren (like my sisters) to speak for them. I signed up! I first met E. Samantha Cheng (she was born in New York City) at Oahu Cemetery. Note: Samantha is in charge of the project and wrote the book, "Honor and Duty: The Chinese American WWII Veterans". We scoured the Columbarium of Oahu Cemetery and Nu'uanu Cemetery, then moved onto Diamond Head Cemetery for the next two days. History is not my best subject. I learned so much about the uniqueness of Hawaii and the Chinese Americans who served in World War II... It was a time before Hawaii became the 50th State (1959)! Hawaii was a Territory of the United States in 1941... So - why did these young men serve in all branches the military??? And... Since Hawaii was not a State yet... These young men were enrolled under Idaho's name! (Alphabetically, Idaho comes after Hawaii!) Wow!!! Anyway... The last two days of Samantha's 28-day data-collection project was held at Diamond Head Cemetery. I was paired with her - and our assignment was The Columbarium. It was well maintained with a working elevator, convenient restroom, and sink/floral scissors/trash can stations scattered throughout. It was nice to see people paying respects to their loved ones. Overall, this is a wonderful place to hold services for the dearly departed. I have been here in the past and have fond memories of family and friends who were laid to rest at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Thank you for this peaceful, beautiful, and meaningful Park! read more

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"No One Lives Forever" Diamond Head Memorial Park is a truly peaceful final destination when it comes time to depart the earthly plane. A nice final resting place for the departed. The grounds are meticulously cared for and on any given day you will see workers maintaining the grounds and buildings to keep the park beautiful and serene. Many notable citizens are located here including Alfred Apaka whose final resting place is one of the more striking landmarks at Diamond Head. This is a small memorial park compared to the larger ones located in Kaneohe and central Oahu. But in some ways the smallness of Diamond Head leads to a more intimate experience and peacefulness. Currently there may not be any original buyer plots left (although plots can be acquired on the secondary market) so because of size constraints they went vertical and have been offering niches in multi-story structures located on the 22nd ave side of the park. Diamond Head Memorial Park is a worthy consideration for one's final resting place. Easy access, serene and well maintained. read more

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I wrote this review back in 2016, and someone from the Diamond Head Memorial Park had sent me an email asking if I could move/repost my review here at the - Diamond Head Memorial Park site, as I had the review listed under Diamond Head Mortuary on Yelp. Here goes......... To the mom's out there...........Happy Mother's Day! :D ____________________________________________________ I come here all the time to visit my mom, grand parents, as well as friends.......... For those of you who have experienced profound loss of a loved one, it's nice to know that your loved one is resting peacefully at Diamond Head Memorial Park/Mortuary. This beautiful park is located near the base of Diamond Head, sandwiched between 18th & 22nd Avenue. You can enter & exit the park from either street, and there is lots of space to park your car. I love the way that Diamond Head Memorial park upkeep's the park, as the grass is always pretty green, & the lawn is well trimmed. They also have water faucets all over the park (so you don't have to walk far) should you need water to fill up your vase, and they also have trash bins all over the place............... one bin to recycle the greens, and the other bin for trash. Sometimes I buy red roses for my mom, and the stems are a bit too long for the vase. One great tip folks...........if you go by the mausoleum area (by the sink area), there are flower cutters where you can use to cut your flower stems. Love that they have a few basic amenities out for the public to use. Life is pretty mysterious........... I got into a deep discussion over lunch yesterday with my Yelp buddy - Daniel C., as I mentioned to him not too long ago I was going to about 7 to 10 weddings a year, every year for a span of 5 to 7 years............ Then the next thing you know, I find myself going to a lot of kids 1 year old birthday parties....... Now, I find myself going to my friend's kid high school graduation parties, or my friend's parents funeral........sigh.......... Such as the circle of life........ I mentioned to my friend..........when you come into this world, you come alone. When you leave this world, most times you will go alone too. It really doesn't matter how much toys or money you accumulate over your lifetime, as you cannot take it with you. Be grateful & happy for what you have. While we are here, hopefully we live our life with purpose, and that we impact someone (loved one & friends) in a positive way...........because one day when you're gone.............all they will have of you is the wonderful memories. Live life to the fullest, no regrets.......... I am lucky to have a lot of happy memories of my mom...........and I would like to share this post which I read today called - ("The Art of Remembrance" - by Joanne). Upon reading it, I felt it inspired me today.....so I would like to share it with you folks - Happy Mother's Day. The Art of Remembrance is a Zenspirations I created on Mother's Day, dedicated to everyone who can't celebrate with their Mom this year. When you lose someone you love, holidays can be painful; but being able to remember special times is a way to keep the legacy of love and treasured memories alive. Please take a moment today to share a special memory you have in your heart... and please share this piece with someone you know who has recently lost a loved one. Stay Zenspired, Joanne. read more

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Nature's Beauty. I was told this is one of the easiest of all trails to climb. I was told about 25 min to an hour. Wear good socks and sneakers. Flip flops will not be a wise choice. I thought I wouldn't make it but I had many people cheering me on. It took me about an hour but I finally did it. There were a few places to sit and stop but also know at the end of the long trail there was a butt load of stairs to conquer just before you get to the top. It is all what you would expect it it be. Spectacular view is an under statement but can someone please put in a zip line from the top to my car please. They have a small gift shop, I wish they sold a shirt that said "I survived Diamond Head". Lol They have one food truck, a bathroom and a couple of water fountains but other that that is pure nature. Driving in you will go through the side of the volcano which is pretty epic and then you are on the inside of the crater. Prices here are very affordable even at the gift shop. I was surprised to find a Diamond Head chap stick for only.25cent. Lol read more

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Beautiful scenery and challenging hike, mostly uphill! We went to Diamond Head Memorial Park on our recent Hawaii trip. It was my first time so I didn't know what to expect. Took an Uber to the location, the Uber can drop you off right before the tunnel. If you have a car, you can park right below the trail and pay the entrance fee (you still have to pay a $5 entrance fee even if you walk so make sure you have cash). We walked through the tunnel and saw pineapple co. Juice truck and outdoor gift center (key chain, postcards, T-shirt, etc). The hike gradually gets steeper and is uneven rocks, make sure to have the right gears! The rocks/ paths can get slippery. It rains often in Hawaii so a cover-up/ jacket wouldn't hurt. After 25-30mins, you can reach the top and see the beautiful 360 views at the top, many people taking pictures and videos. Coming down is much easier, using the momteum. I recommend getting pineapple juice in a cup at the bottom of the hill if you are thirsty. Best of luck on the hike and enjoy the view! read more

Went hiking at Diamond Head for the first time and it was an amazing experience. The hike up is about 30 to 45 minutes up depending on your pace. Coming down took me 30 minutes back down. The views on top was worth it and you see the whole city on top. Great experience in Oahu, Hawaii. read more

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Who checks into a cemetery? I guess I do! Anyway, I stopped by to visit my grams for her birthday today. As usual, the landscape was nicely trimmed and clean. Once again, who takes notice of cemetary landscapes? You got it, I do!! Anyway, I had gone to place flowers into the holders on the grave, and it was practically stuck in the ground. Luckily, a groundskeeper noticed my struggle and came to save the day. She tried her best yet couldn't get that darn flower holder outta the ground. Off she went to travel far and wide to locate another worker where they both dashed quickly to my rescue and he basically popped that holder right outta the ground!! Whooo hoo my grandparents were probably laughing at me. Anyway, it was great that I had assistance and allowed my grandma to receive her lovely flowers celebrating her birthday!! read more

Diamond Head Memorial Park - Funeral Services & Cemeteries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I'm not sure if they are having staffing issues but this is the first time in 20+ years that we have observed some problems. The grass has been cut halfway and the rest have weeds over the graves that are 2-3 ft tall. We dropped a pen and could find it in the high weeds. Also, ALL the water was shut off with NO explanation or warning. How do we put flowers I. A vase with no water. If we had known ahead of time we could bring our own buckets of water. Also, we probably walked to most of the outlets testing it for water. Put a sign or something to let people know. Very disappointed in the management of this place. BTW, the only water outlet we found was by the mausoleum area. It's important to know that those we love has a well cared for resting place. read more

Diamond Head Memorial Park - Funeral Services & Cemeteries Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Amazing views, steep incline and uneven ground but like any hike the view is always worth it. There is one stairway that will take the breathe out of you. It was quite exhausting after that stairwell which I want to claim is a stairway to heaven (lol). I finished the climb up in 38 minutes at a moderate pace....coming down I finished the climb down in 30 minutes. Overall it was a great hike. read more

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Whenever I visit this memorial park, I can easily find the majority of my family members and relatives buried here. It's probably because my parents were the ones who purchased the plots for my paternal grandparents and themselves. Even my husband's parents and his other relatives are buried here, too. Only my maternal grandparents rest at the Manoa Chinese Cemetary. Every year during Qingming (Tomb Cleaning) Festival in early April and whenever I'm in the area I come here to pay my respects. Diamond Head Memorial Park is peaceful and beautiful. The lawn is well maintained even though occasional brown, dry spots pop up because of sun damage. It's located at the base of Diamond Head between 18th and 22nd Avenues and bordered by Diamond Head Road and Kaimuki Middle School. There's a well paved looping road that will take you from the 18th Avenue entrance and chapel around to the mausoleums and a alternate entrance bordering 22nd Avenue then back. I feel comfortable coming to this site and know that this place was my family's choice as their final resting place. Sure, we all grew up with those spooky graveyard stories but my comfort in coming to this place started when my parents brought us here for driving lessons..hmm, were they trying to tell us "something"? Perhaps another morbid yet humorous story that I'll part with is...my husband's uncle worked as a mortuary salesman for Diamond Head Memorial and gave us side-by-side burial plots as a wedding gift. Geeez! Now, how can I NOT find or want peacefulness in this place?! read more

Very poor customer service - maybe if you need to plan a service you might get helped - but once that's over not so promising I started emailing MAY 15 to replace 2 vases ......simple right ?must be having sales staffing issues also , if it takes a month to place an order about 8 emails later I finally got it ordered and a receipt ( JUNE 23) promised to have it replaced within 3 wks ......I thought really 3 wks but I agreed without questioning - but was told staffing issues July 19th I called and was told they will get it done within the 3 wks - I said do you know it's over 3 wks ? I would like a photo sent to me once it's completed - they agreed I asked to speak to a manager .......explaining how ridiculous this was - I was then told on we had a rush on vases and ran short of supply - but an order just came in and will be sure to follow up..............SURE I refuse to call anymore and drove from Kunia to diamond head ........on AUG 6 TODAY - vases are in .....but never heard from diamond head !!!!!!!!! MAY 15 to AUG 6 unbelievable Worst customer service and maybe over worked ? read more

I have a few family members, a family friend, and a friend's father interred here. Diamond Head Memorial Park is situated pretty much next door to Kapiolani Community College, Diamond Head Crater, and the adjacent Diamond Head Bark Park. Along with the local affiliate chapter of the American Red Cross around the corner, this final resting place is very peaceful and picturesque to visit. Several times a year, I would come here with family just to remember and reflect on family and friends whom have passed on. It also reminds me that life can be so short and we should just live life to the fullest and not have no regrets. Maybe that's why I run marathons and travel to race them across the USA. Most of Diamond Head Memorial Park is basically a park, but with plenty of granite headstones. There is also a mausoleum for those who wished to be cremated. There are the basic amenities here, which include water to fill your funerary vase for your flowers and keepsakes to place next the gravesite. I pass by this cemetary most times when I am running, but only a few times a year to formally come here to remember loved ones whom left the world too soon. There is also a mortuary on site, where they perform services before the internment ceremony on the cemetary grounds. The atmosphere here is surreal and serene. Just being here gives me goosebumps, chills, among other emotions. It just feels sad when you are in a cemetary, but it's nice to be among loved ones and others whom have lived life to the best of their abilities. Diamond Head Memorial Park was established in 1936. Administrative offices and a chapel were added in the mid 1950's to facilitate the needs of an expanding cemetary and demand for cemetary space. The park itself stretches for 25 acres, but it seems smaller than that. It's pretty cool how they can keep the cemetary grounds fairly green, especially when draught conditions can be damaging to the local landscape. Kudos to park staff on that. With that said, this cemetary is a good final resting place, if you decide on it. I'm too young to really think about this type of thing, but you never know until stuff happens and you're just planning for the end day. Support local! B+ read more

We're low maintenance owners as we take care of the multiples graves regularly multiple times a week; however, have to voice our concerns about how the grave flowers are cleared recently. About 4 times in the last 3 months, we've brought fresh hardy tropical flowers to the graves. When we revisit in 3-4 days to top of the water levels in the vases, we are angered to find they have been cleared away! Good flowers especially tropicals are so expensive and in this great winter weather, they last at least a week if not 10 days! Imagine how we feel when they are cleared in 3 days. The workers try to take good care of the grass levels but need to be aware of how the families feel when they dump flowers that are newly brought to their loved ones. read more

Once your payment is paid in full. They're absolutely no help, they have no sense of sympathy and could care less on how they handle your loved ones gravesite. read more

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I want to see a friend and went straight to his grave. The last time I was at the Memorial Park the people sitting in the tent could not help me even with my friend being buried for several years- On Memorial Day 2019, I asked where Kam Fong was at and gave them the plot #number- the young Memorial Park worker shrugged his shoulders and said over there somewhere he said he was not sure - Memorial park is in the stone ages and whoever is running the park should retire- with zero digital platform to locate grave sites , I left not seeing my dead friends Don't ask the workers there because they LOST read more

My family members are buried here. The park use to be maintained pretty well. They watered the grass and took care of the lawn pretty well. I've been more than disappointed this year. I went by there before thanksgiving to look at my families grave and the area was unkept, not watered and invasive weeds were all over. I have never seen anything like it. It was so embarrassing for me to bring my family members by to visit the graves on thanksgiving with the graves looking so unattended to. I called the office and spoke to a woman who said oh the caretakers just lawned the grass and because of the heat the grass looks like that. It was a bad excuse for not watering the lawns as much as they use to and take pride in taking care of the lawns, weeds and our families resting place. They are no longer a great place to get buried!!!! I feel the manager is responsible to oversee this and take care of the problems. They need to water more often , add more sprinklers, dig up the nut grass that is all over my families graves, get rid of the invasive weeds snd plant new grass and make sure their lawnmowers don't go over family headstones and scratch it. They don't seem to care anymore. They cannot and should not profess that they care! They don't! I went by Mililani and Hawaiian Memorial this past weekend and the lawns and areas are beautiful, immaculate and well manicured. Diamond Head Memorial Park needs lots of help in the middle buriel area and take pride in what they promise!!!!!!! read more

I'm not really sure how cemeteries are supposed to work--Kyle C.'s review seems to suggest that caretakers are supposed to fill vases etc.--and with most of my family buried here, I haven't really had much experience visiting other cemeteries. Most of my memorable experiences at Diamond Head Memorial Park involve the Chinese tradition of bai-san or tomb-sweeping day. Diamond Head Memorial Park provides little alters, sand boxes (for incense) and metal trash cans for "burning money". Every year in April, I would go with my grandparents to the cemetery bearing flowers, incense, plastic bags full of folded paper "money", several chinese prepared food dishes in their best porcelain china, covered in plastic wrap and jars of tea and alcohol. My grandpa and I would roll the closest trashcan towards our family's plot and select a decent looking alter and sand box. It was always my job to pour the tea. I'd lay out five place settings on the little alter and set to work trying to pour tea out of a jar and into the tiny tea cups. No matter how hard I tried or how slowly I tried to pour, my 5yo hands weren't graceful enough and tea would be all over the alter and grass by the time I was finished. When everything was ready, my grandpa would set the "money" on fire and I would watch the heat waves rise from the metal bin. Ahhhhh, good times. Happy bai-san-ing! read more

I was looking for a friends gravesite for 20 minutes. Caretaker Jerry took time off of his busy schedule and helped me find it. Thank you Jerry, the managers of this memorial park are lucky to have you. Because of your help, I will be making arrangements for my future with DHMP. read more

My grandparents are buried here. Came back to visit Oahu after being away for 40 years. A lot has changed for the better. Nice resting place for my grandparents. read more

I think the ground staff do a very bad job taking care of the grounds. OR maybe the company doesn't provide the necessary tools to get the job done. My grandfather's grave area is filled with ants, to the point where I have to make sure I dust myself off of ants before I get into my car. It also looks like the vase was not turned over for several months. The flowers were taken out, but vase just collected debris and junk. I am disappointed at how poorly the grounds are managed. As compared to Mililani cemetery, Diamond Head is not in the same category when it comes to grooming the lawn and taking care of ground pests. Update: I was told that Diamond Head Memorial Park is different from Diamond Head Mortuary...two separate entities. read more

I grew up in the area and have all of my close relatives buried there. It is a very convenient location for relatives who live in Honolulu. The cemetary is open daily and hours are good. Wish they planted more trees for shade as it gets very hot and sunny on this side of the island. The grass is not as green as other cemetaries, however, with Diamond Head Crater as a back drop and a clear view of the Koolau mountains, it is still a beautiful park. The staff there are very helpful and the maintenance workers have helped me on multiple occasions in prying and loosening the dried dirt around the older ceramic style vases after a heavy rain. We purchased more plots for other family members. It is really convenient to pay your respects and take flowers to your loved ones at a single location. read more

my mom & grandma & grandpa & uncles & auntys' are all buried here & I love the way its being upkept' & kept clean , its a very peaceful place to refect & remember ....... read more

My brain felt numb and foggy when my dad passed and now I needed to plan a funeral. Cherie and Bill from DH Mortuary were passionate, resourceful and very helpful with every step of planning. They both were patient with me as they pleasantly answered the countless calls I made to them asking about details. I felt confident with their help that everything was going to be OK. Sharon from DH Memorial Park was very friendly and careful with my details for the final process for my dad. I can't say enough wonderful things about this team. They made a sad event flow smoothly so I didn't have to worry about the little stuff. Thank you Diamond Head Mortuary and Diamond Head Memorial Park for working together and making my experience less painful. read more