Hana Hou! Issue 27.3
Wheels of Fire
The Davis family admits they were terrified when they rolled up to Hilo Drag Strip for the first time.
Not Just Your Po Po's Game
For years Cassie Louie would drop her grandmother off at her weekly mahjong dates.
Disappearing Act
In 2020, reeling from the news of the Australian wildfires and isolated from loved ones due to the pandemic, Jana Ireijo began questioning her purpose
King Corm
Hawaii Island farmer Clarence Medeiros is the proud papa of the world’s heaviest taro—at 49.97 pounds, it holds the Guinness World Record.
Pigments of the Imagination
If Michi Marsh, a competitive freediver and watercolor artist, hadn't broken her back, she might never have learned to make watercolors.
A Walk through Time
Evan Mokuahi Hayes looks up at the tree, a towering pine on Iolani Palace's front lawn.
Recorded History
The Hawaii State Archives is digitizing the largest collection of Hawaiian music in the world
The Artisans of Incandescence
Building beautiful explosions in Nagaoka, the fireworks capital of Japan
The Trickster
Heimana Reynolds has carved a career—and an Olympic berth—from the deck of a skateboard
Interplanetary Culture
A plastic baggie of deathly smelling goo arrived as a care package for Kim Binsted, a University of Hawaii professor, in late 2019.