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Hana Hou! Issue 26.1

December 2022 - January 2023
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Breaking Ground

For “b-boy” HIjack, breakdancing is part art, part sport and all aloha.

Connecting Flight

Heading north on Kamehameha Highway, you'll find a red gate by Heeia State Park on Oahu's mountain side.

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Everything but the Scales

Goro Obara was already a dedicated ahi enthusiast when he opened Maguro-ya restaurant in Kaimuki in 1999.

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Floral Buffet

Those in need of a custom flower bouquet on Kauai—brides-to-be, lovestruck high school boys—are known to hit the Pua Bar.

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Life in the Fast Lane

Drag racer Roland Leong is the original flyin’ Hawaiian

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Longboard Idyll

The regulars at Queens find surfing perfection.

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Remote Work

Architect Craig Steely is creating modern homes amid the lava flows and ohia forests of Hawaii Island.

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Sewn to Last

Jessica Cruzan shifted from luxury leather bags in New Mexico to face the realities of Hawaii Island.

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The Art of Life

Chris Ritson aims to grow as an artist—literally.

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The Descendants

The family of renowned kumu hula Edith Kanakaole carries forward the Hawaiian cultural renaissance she helped inspire.

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The Earth Whisperer

When the planet speaks, geophysicist Rhett Butler listens.

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The Garden of Remembering

When British artist Rebecca Louise Law’s installation Awakening opened at the Honolulu Museum of Art in September, many were moved to tears.

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Vision of Atolls

Floyd Takeuchi has spent a lifetime chronicling the people and islands of Micronesia.

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Where the Streets Have Long Names

Sitting on a front porch in the summer breeze, you might feel grateful to live on Keanahalululu Lane.

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Worldwide Voyagers

Every voyaging wa'a (canoe) has a navigator. The Wa'a Honua ("canoe for Earth") web site strives for ten million navigators-if virtually.