Tour Information

Mahalo for your interest in our nonprofit ecotours and education programs. We are currently working on reopening our ecotours after in person being closed during the pandemic & then we got flooded March 2021 same week as the landslides. We are salvaging artifacts from the museum & working on reopening in the future.

Please follow us @HanaleiTaro on Instagram, fb, or Twitter for the latest updates. In the meantime, please visit our foodtrucks for farm fresh food: Kauaʻi:

🌱Hanalei Foodtruck Fridays-Sundays 10am-4pm or sold out {due to road closures, farming, volunteering in communities}

🌱Puhi Park Farmer’s Market Saturdays 9:30am til 12 noon or sold out.

USA: HanaleiTaro.com Online 24/7. Orders shipped weekly to your door or to someone you gift 🎁🏡

❤️Portion of proceeds to nonprofit. Mahalo nui.

We will not be scheduling any tours for the time being. We appreciate your support and hope to open our tours soon!

For fundraising information within Hawaiʻi with Hanalei Taro Kaua’i Kulolo, please email Lyndsey@HaraguchiRiceMill.org.
Mahalo for your support!

About Us

A 6TH GENERATION WORKING TARO FARM IN HANALEI VALLEY, KAUAʻI, HAWAIʻI.  

 
Hoʻopulapula Haraguchi Rice Mill is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit agrarian Museum located in the taro fields of Hanalei Valley for Education and Sustainability. It is listed on the National Historic Register of Historic Places and dates back to the 1800’s. It is the ONLY remaining rice mill in ALL of HAWAIʻI!

The Haraguchi family has restored the mill three times; after a fire in 1930, then again after Hurricane Iwa in 1982 and Hurricane Iniki in 1992. The mill ceased operating in 1960 when Kauaʻi's rice industry collapsed. A nonprofit organization was formed to preserve and interpret the mill, which has been visited by thousands of school children and adults in the past 45 years.
 
The organization is guided by an unpaid Board of Directors. These include President Rodney Haraguchi, whose great-grandfather and grandfather bought the mill in 1924; his wife, Karol; and his daughter, Lyndsey, Doctorate of Education. Other board members are Gary Pacheco, Patricia Sheehan, and Sue Boynton. Barnes Riznik, PhD was a founding Board member and has been a mentor and inspiration to our organization. Although he is no longer with us, his memory will endure and we miss him greatly.
 
The Haraguchi Family has humbly worked for years to preserve this historic site and in doing so have been able to preserve the memory of the people who lived, worked and farmed in Hanalei in the past.

This website will help you learn more about the Hoʻopulapula Haraguchi Rice Mill and our educational programs. We hope you will join our organization and help support our work.
 
Please RESPECT residents & endangered wildlife- NO Public access into the farm & Rice Mill.

Testimonals

"Loved the fruit drink and lunch brought back memories of food I ate here in 1948. I appreciated all the time you took in explaining everything and was interested in what you mentioned about your family's heritage." - Joy Niswander, Lima, New York

Very meaningful & worthwhile for the kids. They learn a lot about the rice mill and what we had once on the island. Also, that taro is very big on the island and important to a lot of people & families. The school tours is a very good program for the kids." -Mrs.Galiza, chaperone for Wilcox Elementary excursion

"Great program to educate the public. Don't lose the history." -Mrs.McCarthy, chaperone for Sacred Hearts Academy

"Very informative. The highlight of the tour was picking snails!" -Michael Cobbold, England

"Perfect length of time for tour, not too long or too short. Very informative, Lyndsey took her time to answer all of the adults and children's questions. Lunch was fabulous, onolicious! The highlight of the tour was all the hands-on stuff; snail/egg eradication, poi pounding and tasting. Thank you so much for all your hard work in/out of the field. It was an awesome cultural experience for the ʻOhana." -Chrystal Kitayama & Trisha Spencer, Maui (Chrystal helped coordinate their family reunion as a private tour).

"The hummus was excellent! Yummy, the dessert was so ono (taro mochi cake). The highlight of the tour was the taro farm, very informative. I learned so much about kalo (taro) and I'm from here! Thank you very much for taking the time out to teach us. The plight of your family to uphold the tradition of farming is awe inspiring." -Royleen Shupe, Las Vegas

"Lunch was very good, loved the beginning with the taro smoothie. Loved being in the taro field and scooping up the snails-yucky but fun. Also, seeing the fresh cooked taro mashing up and getting to taste it with the fresh coconut. Lyndsey was a wonderful guide-so ready to answer any and all questions from the mundane to the scientific. I also loved hearing about your family history and seeing the old pictures. Thank you!" -Susan Henry, Capistrano Beach, CA

"Length of the tour was very good-relaxing pace. Enjoyed the laulau-tasty. Hightlight was picking apple snails. With all the history and educational information given it gives me a better appreciation of poi. I always wanted to go into a taro farm and it was thoroughly enjoyable. We would do it again if we ever come back." -Luena Lum, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

"Highlights of the tour was visiting the taro fields, learning about the challenges you face with the apple snails, and the magnificent views! Thank you for sharing your family's history with us. This has been one of the highlights of our trip to Kauaʻi. I will be telling others they should go on your tour." -Mary Woelfel, Lodi, CA

"One of the best tours in Hawaiʻi. Learn something new every time we take it."
-Anna Ashwood Collins, New York City, NY

Donate

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, your visit, donations & purchases support education programs and restoration efforts as the agrarian museum is on the National Historic Register. The Hoʻopulapula Haraguchi Rice Mill is a key part of history in Hawaiʻi that children (keiki) will be able to experience no where else.

We appreciate your interest & support. Donors also will have their names listed in our yearly newsletter and/or have their donation noted "In Honor" of a loved one, as well as receiving a free newsletter at the end of year. Mahalo nui loa (Thank you very much) in advance for your support!

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Contact Us

Thank you for your interest in our nonprofit organization. You can reach us via email at  info@haraguchiricemill.org.  You can also reach us via phone at 808-651-3399 ext. 2 for reservations, although we love to work, please remember we're on Hawaiʻi Time. Or send us a letter to P.O. Box 427, Hanalei, Hawaiʻi, 96714. 

Tours are by reservation only, however you can visit us at the Rice Mill kiosk for gift shop items located at Hanalei Taro & Juice Co and farm fresh family dishes at 5-5070A Kuhio Hwy in Hanalei open Fridays-Sundays 10am-4pm (hours subject to change). Please see map below. Mahalo!