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Kaimuki: Little Town With a Lot of Heart

Kaimuki is a little town, mauka of Diamond Head, on the east side of Honolulu proper.  According to Pukui, Elbert and Mookini, Kaimuki means literally, the ti oven, because menehune cooked ti leaves there.  HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers this community portrait.

July 19th, there's a Third Friday Celebration in Kaimuki from 5-9pm.  Find out more:

http://kaimuki3rdfriday.com/

http://www.kaimukihawaii.com/d/c/third-fridays-kaimuki.html

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Third-Fridays-Kaimuki/399366063445605

Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture and ideas for two decades at Hawaiʻi Public Radio.
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