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L. Kang Inc
Distance: 0.1 Mi966 Robello Ln
96817 Honolulu -
Hawaiian Chip Co
Distance: 0.1 Mi717 N King St
96817-4502 Honolulu -
Garden & Valley Isle Seafood, Inc
Distance: 0.3 Mi225 N Nimitz Hwy # 3
96817 Honolulu -
Hawaiian Host Chocolates
Distance: 0.4 Mi500 Alakawa St Rm 111
96817 Honolulu -
Diamond Bakery Co Ltd
Distance: 0.6 Mi756 Moowaa St
96817-4405 Honolulu
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Aloha Tofu Factory started from very humble beginnings in 1950 when Kamesaburo and Tsuruko Uyehara agreed to take over the running of a friend's tofu factory. Normally it would take a lifetime to master the art of tofu-making, but young Kamesaburo had only a week to learn everything about tofu and keep the factory running. The first generation of the Uyehara family who ran the tofu factory didn't set out to become the largest Hawaii tofu manufacturer in the islands today. Instead the patriarch Kamesaburo just wanted to provide for his family's needs. The first tofu shop was located on Dillingham Boulevard near what is now Honolulu Community College. In 1964, Aloha Tofu moved to the Ala Moana Farmers Market where the business grew until a fire wiped out the factory in 1966. The family joined together and Kamesaburo rebuilt the factory and started over. In 1976 their hard work and determination was rewarded when the Uyehara family established their own factory on Akepo Lane in Kalihi...