held in the spring of each year beginning on Easter Sunday. The local orchid society hosts the largest and most comprehensive orchid show in the state, the annual Hilo Orchid Show, which has been presented since 1951 and draws visitors and entrants worldwide. Hilo is home to Hawaii's only tsunami museum, mostly dedicated to the 1946 Pacific tsunami, and is notable for the banyan trees planted by Babe Ruth, Amelia Earhart and other celebrities. It is home to the Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, shopping centers, cafés and other eateries, movie theaters, hotels, restaurants, and a developed downtown area with a Farmers Market. Downtown Hilo is bounded approximately by the Wailuku River, Kamehameha Avenue, Ponahawai Street, and Kapiolani Street. Corporations and science The Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation is in Hilo, south of the main town off Hawaii Route 11, north of Keaau. Hilo is home to most of the astronomical observatories on Mauna Kea as well as the ʻImiloa Planetarium and Museum. Astronomy has an economic impact of $100 million annually on the island. Astronomy on Mauna Kea was developed at the invitation of the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce following the collapse of the sugar cane industry. Culture East Hawaii Cultural Center Lyman House Memorial Museum Merrie Monarch Festival Pacific Tsunami Museum Notables Rodney Anoai Matt Blair Keiko Bonk Ed Case Titus Coan Keenan Cornelius Glenn Cornick Kai Correa Wesley Correira Jennifer Doudna David McHattie Forbes Ryan Higa High Chiefess Kapiolani Keōua Kūahuula Harry Kim Kimberly Kim Darren Kimura Kinooleoliliha Robert Kiyosaki George Lycurgus Troy Mandaloniz George Naope Gerald Okamura B.J. Penn Benjamin Pitman Bob Shane William Herbert Shipman Kolten Wong Points of interest Banyan Drive Coconut Island East Hawaii Cultural Center Haili Church Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden Hilo Tropical Gardens Hoʻolulu Park ʻImiloa Astronomy Center James Kealoha Beach Park Kalakaua Park Liliuokalani Park and Gardens Lower Waiakea Mountain Bicycle Park Lyman Museum Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation Mokupāpapa Discovery Center for Northwestern Hawaii's remote coral reefs Nani Mau Gardens Naha Stone (associated with Kamehameha I) in front of the Hilo Public Library Pacific Tsunami Museum Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo Prince Kuhio Plaza Rainbow Falls (Waianuenue) & Boiling Pots on the Wailuku River University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens Wailoa River State Recreation Area with King Kamehameha Statue Media Hilo is served by KWXX (94.7FM Hilo/101.5FM Kona), B93/B97 (93.1FM Kona/97.1FM Hilo), The Wave (KHBC 92.7FM Hilo), and KPUA (970AM Hilo) radio