Aloha Spotlight
Business Spotlights
Stories about local Hawaiʻi businesses: what they do, who they serve, and what makes them special.
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Hamura Saimin: From a Ford Sedan in the Cane Camps to a James Beard Classic in Līhuʻe
Hamura Saimin Kauai: since 1952, Hamura Saimin has been ladling out homemade noodles and a secret-recipe broth from the same wooden building on Kress…
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Chambers VR: Oʻahu’s Most Immersive Escape Rooms Are Hiding Inside a Bowling Alley
At Chambers VR, you and your crew walk, reach and solve your way through dragon towers, sunken temples and runaway trains in free-roam virtual…
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Big Island Delights: 30 Years of Hilo Sweetness, and a New Home on Kinoʻole Street
Since 1996, Big Island Delights has been baking Hilo’s favorite cookies and treats with Hawaiʻi-grown macadamia nuts. This fall, the Takamine family celebrated 30…
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Tanioka’s: Come for the Poke, Stay for Everything Else
Tanioka’s Seafoods & Catering in Waipahu has been Oʻahu’s favorite poke counter since 1978. People come for the poke. They leave with a bag…
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Ohana DriftLab: Honolulu’s Indoor Drift Karts Built for the Whole Family
Ohana DriftLab brings indoor drift karts to Honolulu’s Dole Cannery, with karts for keiki ages 3 and up, adults, and kupuna, plus birthday parties…
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Matsumoto Shave Ice at 75: The Accidental Shave Ice Shop of Haleʻiwa
Matsumoto Shave Ice in Haleʻiwa started as a grocery store in 1951. How a slow month in 1956 turned it into the most famous…