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Hana Hou! Issue 25.4

Aug - Sep 2022
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Connecting Flight

Our Kuleana

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A Tale of Two Ponds

A community unites the ancient fishponds of Loko Ea and Ukoa.

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Cutting Class

As a boy in Sanjo, Japan, Hiko Ito recalls the din of hammers and the smell of forge fires as he walked to school.

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Eyes of the Kanaka

Portraits of Molokai's People.

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Green Space

There's an oasis hidden in the hot, dry, bustling urban landscape of Kaimuki.

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La Maui Vita

Artist and bon vivant Piero Resta created a life -and an Italian villa-in the wilds of Kaupo.

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Little Rigs

Maybe you've been seeing more of them around town: tiny trucks and vans from Japan, sometimes nicknamed "bread loaf cars" for their boxy shape.

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Sustainable Snorkeling

It's hard to keep the "eco" in "ecotourism" when you're running two snorkel tours a day from a pair of sixty-foot boats.

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The Architect's Retreat

On a rarely visited ridge on Oahu are the little-known cabins built by Hawaii's most famous architect, Vladimir Ossipoff.

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The Gods in Us

Kawai Strong Washburn’s debut novel captures the myths and realities of life in the Islands.

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The Man Who Drew Hawaii

Since the 1970s, James Bier’s maps have shaped the way we see —and imagine—the Islands.

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The Surf Grove

"Each board literally takes years to build, since you have to grow the wood first."

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Watercraft 911

Ripped wings, caved-in canoes, buckled boards—if it’s broken, Hawaii’s fixers come to the rescue.