Tattoo shops in Kahului

Thinking about ink in Kahului, Hawaii? Start with the studios: 7 are mapped here. All 7 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.

This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Kahului (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Pacific Rootz Tattoo and Maui Tattoo Company, plus Mid Pacific Tattoo Kihei. If a studio's missing from Kahului's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Kahului tattoo lineup

7 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Kahului

1 of the 7 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.

2 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.

The Kahului tattoo shop tour

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Pacific Rootz Tattoo, Maui Tattoo Company, Mid Pacific Tattoo Kihei on 1993 South Kihei Road, Paradise Tattoo, Gas Monkey Tattoo, Henna Tattoos, and Banyan Tree Tattoo on 2435 Ka‘anapali Parkway. That's 7 stops on the Kahului tattoo shop tour.

Tattoo tips for Kahului

Picking a studio in Kahului? A little homework pays off:

• Tip your artist at Pacific Rootz Tattoo. Standard practice, like any skilled service. Twenty percent is the usual benchmark for good work.
• Wear the right clothes at Maui Tattoo Company. Easy access to the spot being tattooed, and nothing you love — ink stains don't wash out.
• Small first tattoos are smart. Your first session teaches you how your skin takes ink and how you handle the pain. Start modest.
• A second opinion is fine. Consult two studios if you're unsure. Good artists respect it; only the insecure ones mind.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Kahului — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Kahului can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 7 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.

If you run one of the 7 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.