{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":25.68,"endTime":28.2,"body":"Aloha mai kakou,"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":25.68,"endTime":28.2,"body":"welcome to a new episode of What"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":28.2,"endTime":31.02,"body":"School You Went? where we start"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":28.2,"endTime":31.02,"body":"every conversation with this"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":31.02,"endTime":33.18,"body":"question because, well, that's"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":31.02,"endTime":33.18,"body":"how we connect here in Hawaii"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":33.18,"endTime":36.239999999999995,"body":"Nei. I'm Ron Mizutani, and today"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":33.18,"endTime":36.239999999999995,"body":"we're talking about one of"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":36.239999999999995,"endTime":40.5,"body":"Hawaii's iconic food"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":36.239999999999995,"endTime":40.5,"body":"destinations: Hamura Saimin on"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":40.5,"endTime":44.730000000000004,"body":"the island of Kauai. Charles and"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":40.5,"endTime":44.730000000000004,"body":"Aiko Hamura opened the tiny hole"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":44.730000000000004,"endTime":48.53999999999999,"body":"in the wall restaurant in 1952,"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":44.730000000000004,"endTime":48.53999999999999,"body":"and they've packed the crowds"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":48.53999999999999,"endTime":52.11,"body":"ever since. In fact, if you"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":48.53999999999999,"endTime":52.11,"body":"would ask 100 Kauai residents"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":52.11,"endTime":56.64,"body":"for a list of where to eat on"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":52.11,"endTime":56.64,"body":"Kauai, I guarantee you every"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":56.64,"endTime":60.72,"body":"single one of them will include"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":56.64,"endTime":60.72,"body":"Hamura Saimin. I want to welcome"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":60.72,"endTime":64.26,"body":"my dear friend Olena Heu to the"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":60.72,"endTime":64.26,"body":"conversation. Olena is an award"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":64.26,"endTime":67.47,"body":"winning journalist, a television"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":64.26,"endTime":67.47,"body":"personality, entrepreneur,"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":67.47,"endTime":70.86,"body":"marketing and communications"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":67.47,"endTime":70.86,"body":"executive, and a former Miss"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":70.86,"endTime":74.34,"body":"Kauai and Miss Hawaii. welcome"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":70.86,"endTime":74.34,"body":"my friend."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":74.37,"endTime":75.12,"body":"Hello."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":75.24,"endTime":76.02,"body":"Good to see you."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":76.05,"endTime":76.8,"body":"Great to see you."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":76.89,"endTime":78.63,"body":"Thank you for"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":76.89,"endTime":78.63,"body":"being here. Before we get"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":78.63,"endTime":80.07,"body":"started, what school you went?"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":80.34,"endTime":84.36,"body":"I'm a graduate of"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":80.34,"endTime":84.36,"body":"Kapaa High School. And a lot of"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":84.36,"endTime":87.99,"body":"people actually ask  me when I"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":84.36,"endTime":87.99,"body":"graduated from Kamehameha."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":88.16,"endTime":89.47999999999999,"body":"Because they are"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":88.16,"endTime":89.47999999999999,"body":"the Warriors too."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":89.86999999999999,"endTime":92.69,"body":"Yes. 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And he"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":99.67999999999999,"endTime":103.78999999999999,"body":"said, \"I forget.\" You still"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":103.78999999999999,"endTime":104.08999999999999,"body":"remember?"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":104.08999999999999,"endTime":104.42,"body":"Yep."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":105.22999999999999,"endTime":105.83,"body":"Give me a line."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":106.39999999999999,"endTime":108.86,"body":"Um, well, everybody"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":106.39999999999999,"endTime":108.86,"body":"knows, like, kind of, I guess"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":108.86,"endTime":112.28,"body":"the chorus-y part. 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And it was fun."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":179.35999999999999,"endTime":184.07,"body":"But yeah. \"Kapa-a-a, or is it"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":179.35999999999999,"endTime":184.07,"body":"Kapa-a-a-a?\" So, lifer in Kapaa?"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":184.60999999999999,"endTime":186.32,"body":"Well, I'm from"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":184.60999999999999,"endTime":186.32,"body":"Kilauea."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":186.38,"endTime":186.76999999999998,"body":"That's right."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":186.38,"endTime":190.243,"body":"So, North Shore, and"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":186.38,"endTime":190.243,"body":"I went to Kilauea Elementary and"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":190.316,"endTime":194.69,"body":"then went to Kapaa Intermediate,"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":190.316,"endTime":194.69,"body":"and then Kapaa High School."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":194.74,"endTime":196.6,"body":"Okay, my mom is"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":194.74,"endTime":196.6,"body":"Kilauea."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":196.66,"endTime":197.29,"body":"Oh!"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":197.29,"endTime":198.57999999999998,"body":"Yeah, she was a"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":197.29,"endTime":198.57999999999998,"body":"Kilauea girl."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":198.57999999999998,"endTime":200.89,"body":"Aw, I love your mom."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":198.57999999999998,"endTime":200.89,"body":"She's so sweet."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":200.98,"endTime":203.29,"body":"Well, she loves"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":200.98,"endTime":203.29,"body":"you, too. So let's get to"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":203.29,"endTime":207.22,"body":"Hamura. You know, it's the old"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":203.29,"endTime":207.22,"body":"Kress Lane."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":207.25,"endTime":208.81,"body":"Kress Street."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":208.81,"endTime":211.87,"body":"Kress Street. If"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":208.81,"endTime":211.87,"body":"you go all the way down, you see"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":211.87,"endTime":215.47,"body":"that army barracks, well it used"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":211.87,"endTime":215.47,"body":"to be, the Blue House if you"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":215.47,"endTime":221.26,"body":"will, and you're there. 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And then you have"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":235.57,"endTime":240.1,"body":"those comfort foods that are"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":235.57,"endTime":240.1,"body":"super salty and delicious."},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":240.25,"endTime":243.82,"body":"What do you think?"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":240.25,"endTime":243.82,"body":"You know, when they first opened"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":243.82,"endTime":247.06,"body":"in 1952, and, you know, they,"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":243.82,"endTime":247.06,"body":"from what I understand they"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":247.06,"endTime":250.12,"body":"still have the same recipe when"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":247.06,"endTime":250.12,"body":"it comes to the broth. And I"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":250.12,"endTime":253.18,"body":"know they make their own"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":250.12,"endTime":253.18,"body":"noodles. Who would have thought"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":253.18,"endTime":255.60999999999999,"body":"this thing would still be going"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":253.18,"endTime":255.60999999999999,"body":"strong. And it's, you know,"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":255.60999999999999,"endTime":260.65000000000003,"body":"every... what do you call the"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":255.60999999999999,"endTime":260.65000000000003,"body":"online review and social media,"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":260.65000000000003,"endTime":263.86,"body":"they pitch it so visitors arrive"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":260.65000000000003,"endTime":263.86,"body":"there too."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":263.92,"endTime":265.66,"body":"Yeah, it's"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":263.92,"endTime":265.66,"body":"interesting, though, because"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":265.66,"endTime":269.44,"body":"it's not gourmet by any means."},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":265.66,"endTime":269.44,"body":"But I think it just has that"},{"speaker":"Olena Heu","startTime":269.47,"endTime":274.99,"body":"comforting combination. 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And then, I hope"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1009.929,"endTime":1014.379,"body":"you can come back and we can"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1009.929,"endTime":1014.379,"body":"talk a little bit more about"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1014.457,"endTime":1019.219,"body":"beautiful Kauai. Anyway, thank"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1014.457,"endTime":1019.219,"body":"you. Take care, mahalo nui for"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1019.297,"endTime":1023.747,"body":"joining us. Tune in next week"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1019.297,"endTime":1023.747,"body":"for another episode of What"},{"speaker":"Ron Mizutani","startTime":1023.825,"endTime":1027.26,"body":"School You Went? 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