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Hana Hou! Issue 27.4

Aug - Sept 2024
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A Uke Supreme

Since 1985 Moore has built It some eight hundred ukulele, many of which are the most sought-after instruments in the world of ukulele

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Acts of Invisibility

Hawaii’s background actors make an art of blending in

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Bright Remainders

The region that Maui folks call Upcountry—the habitable upper slopes of Haleakala—has little appetite for progress.

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Call of the Waa

On July 4, 1891, Mr. HR Armstrong of London, a close associate of King David Kalakaua, sent a memo to the curator of the Norwich Museum in England

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Chipping In

For four generations, Maebo Noodle Factory has kept a Hilo institution going

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Common Threads

How aloha wear became the fabric of Island life

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House of the Fish Gods

Hiroshi Tsuji's signature lies under the dollops of caviar, the flutters of gold leaf, the lush lobes of uni.

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Local Grinds

Game face set, Hili drops into the bowl on her BMX bike like a pro.

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Lost & Found

Whatever hikers get themselves into, the Honolulu Fire Department gets them out

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Muu with a Mission

Marion Camo talks about her muumuu as if they were sisters and aunties.

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Park & Ride

Jus' cruisin' in the lot at Sandy's

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The Collective Conscious

Wayne Levin's parents built a house in South Kona in the 1970s, shortly after he'd gotten out of the Navy.

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Weathering Heights

The Mauna Kea Weather Center helps astronomers make the most of telescope time

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Without a Rudder

Hawaii's V1 racers are steering paddling in a new direction