Aoki's Store Wooden Postcard hawaii tote In 1897 the Hawai’i Brewing

In 1897 the Hawai’i Brewing Company introduced Primo Beer

over half a dozen owners

and the love that reaches beyond their family and friends to strangers new to the Hawaiian Islands

New Hampshire the center of the town where locals Draper and Maynard founded their company

was the big draw

Aoki's Store Wooden Postcard hawaii tote In 1897 the Hawai’i BrewingShaved ice has been a Hawaiian tradition ever since the plantation days. Hot, exhausted workers would shave a block of ice with a hand saw and flavor it with juice, which is basically the same way it's done today! The Aoki family has been making shave ice since the 1930's when the Shimoda family sold the cool treat in the old Haliewa Theater. After the theatre closed, Sumie Shimoda Aoki and her son Michael Aoki, opened up Aoki's Shave Ice in 1981.