Kahaluu Fishpond, historically known as Kahouna Fishpond, on Kāneohe Bay in windward Oʻahu

Oahu

Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...

, is one of only four surviving ancient Hawaii

Ancient Hawaii

Ancient Hawaii refers to the period of Hawaiian human history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaii by Kamehameha the Great in 1810. After being first settled by Polynesian long-distance navigators sometime between AD 300–800, a unique culture developed. Diversified agroforestry and...

an fishponds on Oahu that were still in use well into the 20th century. In the previous century there were at least 100 such fishponds around the island. Kahouna was in use until about 1960 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1973, after members of the surrounding community raised concerns that it would be destroyed by development. The Kahaluu Taro Lo'i

Kahaluu Taro Lo'i

The Kahaluu Taro Loi Historic District, also known as the Āhuimanu Taro Complex, in Kahaluu on the windward side of Oʻahu, is the most complex and largest intact system of terraces for growing wetland taro on Oʻahu...

 Historic District was also added to the National Register at that time.

Kahouna features a semicircular seawall

Seawall

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 about 1200 feet (365.8 m) long. The inner and outer faces of the original wall were of stacked stone, with gravel

Gravel

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, coral

Coral

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 rubble, and soil

Soil

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 as fillers between them.

Like its larger counterparts at Molii and Heeia, Kahouna Fishpond is now private property. Of the four major fishponds on Oahu, only Huilua Fishpond

Huilua Fishpond

Huilua Fishpond, in Ahupuaa O Kahana State Park on windward Oʻahu, is one of the few surviving ancient Hawaiian fishponds that were still operational well into the 20th century. It was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1962, shortly after it had been severely damaged by the 1960 tsunami...

 is open to the public. Kahaluu Pond, Inc., now leases its property for Hawaiian wedding

Wedding

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s. There is a wedding chapel

Chapel

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 at one end and a pavilion

Pavilion (structure)

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 and garden area at the other, each leased to different vendors. Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

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 also filmed part of The Karate Kid, Part II

The Karate Kid, Part II

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, at the site.