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Check out Kuau, the next town after Paia

Right next to Paia on the Road to Hana is a friendly little beach town with a welcoming vibe.  Kuau is surrounded by white sand beaches and recreation sites.  It’s a beautiful little spot on Maui’s north shore to escape the crowds.  When you drive the Kuau...

Mantokuji Soto Zen Temple of Maui

In 1906, Japanese immigrants from Horoshima founded a soto zen temple just outside of Paia.  Today, this temple represents Maui’s asian heritage.  During memorial services, temple goers string lei’s and lanterns above headstones, in a beautiful expression...

Paia’s Changing Role

  In Maui’s mid-nineteenth century, the town of Paia was the bustling heart of the island’s sugar cane industry.  In these days Paia was home to sugar industry workers from China, Japan, the Phillipines and Portugal.  Paia is equally diverse today,...

Sugar on Maui

Did you know that the tall green stalks waving in the breeze on Maui’s central valley represent both Maui’s past and future?  It is believed that sugar first came to Maui by canoe with the island’s original Polynesian settlers.  By the mid-19th...