(Curtis Narimatsu is a lifelong resident of Hilo who writes about the forgotten past such as the old
plantation days & untold heroes.)
Mokuola
Mokuola, known today as Coconut Island, was a place of refuge like Honaunau City of Refuge. Mokuola sacred rock still lies in the inlet where kids swim today. Mokuola point is where ancient Haw’ns preserved ancestral bones/islet jutting 
to sea is where bones were cured by elements. More recently, Ike Keli’ipio’s family, then kin Paul, were Mokuola’s keeper/caretaker [Ike tsunami victims' hero for saving lives 1946]. Read the rest of this entry »
