![]() My brain was not open enough to even consider doing this for a job, but movies were starting to open my mind to the possibilities of creativity and the power and excitement of it. So what made you tink hey, maybe I can be one filmmaker someday?ĭDC: I used to go on special occasions down to the Ka‘ahumanu Theatre. LT: You no more even movie theatre in Ha‘ikü so it’s one crazy dream your dream. All I know it’s in a tub and it’s definitely got mayonnaise as some key ingredient. But none of us know what the secret sauce is (laughing). And my older brother, that was his first job. What makes their hot dogs da best hot dog?ĭCC: The secret sauce. Do you get one cut for each hot dog sold? Will dey be changing da name to da Destin Dog?ĭDC: Yeeeeeee! (As if on cue, Destin reveals da sleeve on top his bright yellow jacket that says Fukushima’s!) LT: I seen you post on Instagram about Fukushima Store hot dogs before. I have endless memories of growing up in Ha‘ikü. Then we would go hike down into the gulch and go catch prawns and crayfish and swim in the ponds. ![]() We were right next to a big pineapple field so we had endless days of making ramps for our BMX bikes and then we would ride our bikes down to the end of the pineapple field and get a bunch of grass and sticks and put ‘em over our bikes so that people wouldn’t see them. My mom didn’t really let us watch much TV so we were always outside playing. LT: Try tell me about your fondest small-kid-time memories growing up in Haiku.ĭDC: Growing up in Ha‘ikü is the best. I think I might have some German in there maybe. On my dad’s side I’m another quarter Czechoslovakian and French and Irish, a bit of British. LT: I know you told me before you part Okinawan, but what’s your full ethnic backgrounds?ĭDC: My great grandparents came to Hawai‘i from Okinawa and Japan, so I’m a quarter Okinawan and a quarter Japanese. LT: Braddah Destin, what school you went? What year you grad?ĭDC: Maui High School, ‘96, the class that really kicks! Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Destin Daniel Cretton shows off his love for the Fukushima Store in Ha‘ikü, Maui.
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