Mokupapapa Discovery Center
Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, 308 Kamehameha Avenue #109, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
About
Sadanosuke Hata (1868 - ) was a Japanese businessman who built a historic structure called the S. Hata Building in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1912. It now contains specialty shops, professional offices, a restaurant, and the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, a visitors center for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Sadanosuke's younger brother Yoichi Hata (1884 - ) was another notable Japanese businessman who founded a major wholesale food distribution company in Hawaii.