 Thank Tech Hawaii, a Japanese language broadcast streaming live from downtown Honolulu and available on YouTube. I'm Yukari Kunisue, and joining me today in the studio is Chiemi Ota, who co-operates a unique homestay program in Makaha area on Wafu. We can create a so-called order-made homestay program, including gourmet chef, gourmet cooking with a professional chef, English lessons, and volunteer hula, yoga, hiking, and shopping and sightseeing. Hello everyone, I'm Yukari Kunisue, and I'm from downtown Honolulu, and I'm broadcasting at Tech Hawaii, a Japanese language broadcast streaming live from downtown Honolulu. Today's broadcast is from Nishikai, a Japanese language broadcast streaming live from Makaha area on Wafu. I'm Chiemi Ota, and I co-operate a unique homestay program in Makaha area on Wafu. I'm Chiemi Ota, and I co-operate a unique homestay program in Makaha area on Wafu. What's the difference between the two? Do you mind if I talk to you? Normally, we have a homestay program, but the host and the host and the host goes there to do the work. Yes. Of course, we have students, but the students take care of the cooking lessons for the evening. Every day? Yes. So, we learn cooking, and we can eat gourmet food. The cooking lessons are very important, but we do it every day. So, we cook for the evening. Yes, of course. For example, we have things that we have to eat in the morning, or things that we have to eat in the evening. So, you teach them how to eat in the evening? Yes. So, what kind of food do you eat? For example, I want to eat X Benedict. You want to eat X Benedict? Yes, I have a request for that. That's from the customer, right? Yes, from the customer. We have a text book for the student, and we can request it. First, we request it. For example, if we want to make X Benedict, we make it from English muffin. We make it from English muffin? We don't buy it at the store? We don't buy it. Oh, I see. We take the eggs from the fridge. We take the eggs from the fridge. We take the eggs from the fridge? Yes. In that way, we learn the reason why this food is made like this. I see. For example, what kind of food did Caesar salad make? Caesar salad. We learn the history of Caesar salad. We learn the reason why this food was made. We teach them that. So, you don't want to eat this? Yes. So, you don't have to learn a lot? Yes. The customer sometimes says, Oh, X Benedict is made from English muffin? I'm surprised. That's right. Yes. We make things that you have to buy. Yes. For example, we make things that you go to the supermarket and buy. We make things that you have to buy. We make things that you have to buy. For example, there are vegetables, fruits, and meat, but you don't have to go all the way to fish, do you? If there are people who want to fish. That's right. Yes. What about vegetables? There are farms nearby. There are farms? Yes. We go to the farms. Do you do that too? We don't do farms. We do organic farms and natural farms. We support the farmers. We go to the volunteers, but we don't do that. I see. So, you make things that you have to buy in the neighborhood or just go to the supermarket? Yes. So, you learn things from the beginning? Yes. You make things that you have to buy in the neighborhood or from the place where you live. Local food? Yes, local food. I see. So, in English, if you want to learn English, you usually go to English school. Yes. But if you want to learn English while staying at home, do you have a lesson? Do you have a lesson at 10 am? Well, what do you mean? Well, people who are early in the morning are early in the morning, so they don't have time at all. For example, if I want to have a lesson with a native person, for example, if I want to have a lesson with Frankie, Mr. Frankie is your boss. Yes. If I want to have a conversation with a Japanese person for an hour or so, I do that. I see. So, in English, if it's only English, there are people who can't speak English at all. At that time, I became a native. A native? A native. A native person. I said that. I followed that. That person can learn a little. I see. So, for long term, well, for long term, I think there are many. Yes. How long do you usually go to? About a month. A month? Yes. And then, during a month, I started learning English because I wanted to learn English as well. And then, I explained something else that I wanted to do. For example, I explained the order made. Yes. So, it means that you can listen to whatever you want. Yes. First of all, everyone in Hawaii is looking for something that is completely different. For example, I like beaches and I like to be shown on the beach. Yes. So, what I want to do is to write what I want to achieve in Hawaii. Yes. So, I make it happen one by one. That's amazing. What do you want to achieve? When you are in Japan, do you write something when you come to Japan? Yes. For example, after you come to Japan, there is information about the FURA event. Yes. So, there are people who want to do FURA lessons. Yes. So, no matter when, even before, there are people who plan well. Yes. They don't plan anything. Yes. For example, there are people who plan well. So, you can do the request anytime. But, it's really fun to respond to that. It's really fun. It's fun? Yes. For example, of course, there are people who will respond to it. Yes. But, if you don't come here, there are people who might not have had the chance like this. Yes. For example, there are people who are completely different from the other people and can interact with them. Yes. I don't think it would have been fun if you came here. Yes. Yes. So, there are people who are completely different from the other people and there are people who are completely different from the other people. So, you can have experiences that you have never done before. Yes. So, I was thinking about it. I live in Hawaii now, so I don't really think about it. For example, I went to a different country, in Italy, in Africa, anywhere. Yes. It's very fun. Yes. It's very unique. Yes. So, there are people who are completely different from the other people. I think there are people who are completely different from the other people. Yes. So, I want to experience different types of Hawaii. Yes. I want to live like I am living in Hawaii. Oh, even if you say you are completely different from the other people. Yes. I want to have experiences of living in Hawaii. Yes. I want to live like I am living in Hawaii. Oh, I understand. Yes. So, I'm in a place where I can stop. Yes. It's a wonderful place. I think there are a lot of people who have been there. But, I would like to show you a picture of Jamie and two pictures. Yes. This is a castle. Yes. Welcome to Makaha Castle. Yes. The one behind me is the palace of Makaha. Makaha Valley. Makaha Valley. Yes. This big house is a unique house. Where is the unique house? My husband built it himself. He built it himself? Yes. So, there was nothing in it? Yes. So, did you bring your husband? Yes. Yes. So, how many rooms do you have? There are six bedrooms. Six? Yes. How about the toilets? The toilets are one, two, three, four, five. Five toilets? Yes. How many people can you stop? Yes. About 12 people. About 12 people? Yes. So, what is the picture? Yes. This is from the back. From the back? Yes. It is beautiful. There is a tennis court in front of it. There is a tennis court in the back. There is a basketball hoop. Yes. There is a basketball hoop. From there, you can see the sea. Yes. This is the place where you can see the sea of Makaha. Yes. You can see the sunset beautifully. I see. There are 12 people who can stop at such a wonderful place. Yes. There are many people who can stop here. I think there are many people who can stop at Hisaichi. Yes. Do you have such a program? Thank you for the pictures. Yes. There is a group that continues the Tohoku scene. Yes. So we support such a group. Yes. So those people will introduce about 10 students and they will stop at that time. Yes. Of course I will teach you how to stop. Just stop. Please teach me how to stop. Okay. I will stop. Okay. So I will stop. Yes. I will stop. Okay. So I will stop. Yes. I will stop. Yes. Yeah. Yes. So there is Is there a popular dish? Is it a kind of dish? Of course, it's in Hawaii. We also learn how to cook in Hawaii. Yes. We make pizza and pasta from raw noodles. We also make pasta from pizza dough. Yes. We take out the dough. We take out the dough? Yes. It's a pizza maker. You take out the dough? Yes, I do. I want to see it. You two have published a book about gourmet cooking. What kind of book is it? It's a book about a cooking project. It started just before the New Year. Yes, in 2010. Yes, in 2010. At that time, there was no word about crowdfunding. I just wanted to publish a cooking book. So I bought a book. I didn't know anything about it, but the customer bought it for me. So it was like a donation to the New Year? Yes, it wasn't like that. Yes. So I was able to publish a cooking book when I got the money. So I decided to publish a project about it. In front of you? At first, I didn't know anything about it, but the customer bought it for me. The customer who stopped it? Yes, my friends helped me a lot. So I was able to publish it. At that time, it was just before the New Year, and it was written in February 2011. After that, it was natural. We also established NPO, so we started a cooking project in NPO. What kind of NPO is it? It was after the New Year. What's the name of it? NPO Club Casa de la Dolce Vita. It's long, isn't it? Yes, it's long. Can you say it again slowly? Our Casa de la Dolce Vita is a club, and it's NPO. I see. Casa de la Dolce Vita. It's cool, but it sounds like Italian. My husband lives in the US in Italy. What does that mean? House of a sweet life. What about in Japanese? In Japanese, it means a kind house. Oh! Casa de la Dolce Vita. It means sweet, not sweet. Can you say it in Japanese? Yes. A kind house. A kind house. We'll take a break here. We'll be right back. We'll take a little break here. Let's take a break. I'm Jay Fiedel, ThinkTech. ThinkTech loves energy. I'm the host of Mina, Marco and Me, which is Mina Morita, former chair of the PUC, former legislator, and Energy Dynamics, a consulting organization in energy. Marco Mangostorf is the CEO of Provision Solar in Hilo. Every two weeks, we talk about energy, everything about energy. Come around and watch us. We're on at noon on Mondays, every two weeks on ThinkTech. Aloha. Okay, we're back from the break. And we have G.M.I. Ota, here, today's guest. He's on live. Hello, Hawaii. Today, we're talking to Ota G.M.I., a unique home-state program. Please continue. Thank you. Maybe we can show the picture here. First, we're going to talk about this. Yes. It's Frankie. It's a very sweet picture. This is the picture of Frankie, who was the boss of the home-state program. And today's guest, G.M.I. Ota. Next, we're going to talk about cooking. Next photo, please. What are we going to cook? We're going to cook a dish called lau-lau. It's a dish that we always teach. Yes. You don't have any requests? We always teach how to cook. I see. At some point. What kind of leaves are we going to use? I have taro leaves. Taro leaves? Yes. We're going to cook taro leaves, meat, and salted fish. After that, we're going to remove the leaves. We're going to use the taro leaves on the bottom. We're going to use the taro leaves to make the dish. How are we going to make the dish? On a fire? On a fire. We're going to steam it for 4 hours. 4 hours? We're going to steam the taro leaves and the taro leaves. We're going to do that. What kind of dish are we going to cook? The one inside. The one on the right is meat. The one on the side is fried tofu. Fried tofu? It's a bit unique. We're going to make the fried tofu version. Fried tofu version? Yes. The one on the side is salted taro leaves. Taro leaves? Yes. The salted taro leaves are the ingredients. We're going to mix them with meat. We're going to make the dish unique. Yes. We also have Italian sausage version. I see. Okay. The last picture for the last one. We're going to make mochi mai. What are we going to make? What are we going to make? We're going to make cheese. We're going to make cheese with cheese. We're going to make cheese with cheese. I see. We're going to make baked brie. That is an amazing kitchen that really does some cooking. This kitchen seems like a business. Yes. And the last one. We're going to make something like a restaurant au chef. What are we going to make? What we're making here is a Ar Assist oven, using belly meat. This is a traditional dish from Hawaii, but it's a little bit different. In fact, it's a cheese cake that Romi Romi-san baked. She baked a cheese cake? It's been a week now. She made a sweet and savory cheese cake. She put it on a salad and put some dressing on it. She said it was a salad. It's very unique. This is my original recipe. Is this written in the book? Yes, it is. Is it written in the book? It's written in the book. Is it written in the book? Is it written in the book? No, it's not. It's written in the book. So, it's written in the book. So, it's written in the book. I see. Japanese people can request in Japan. Americans can request in Hawaii. So, it's a plan to make 4 dishes in one day. That's right. It's getting more interesting. You can mix all of Japanese and Italian dishes. That's right. Other places might not be able to make it. I see. But it's written in English and Japanese. I see. If you want to learn English in Japan, you can do that. We will continue. You can do cooking and English. You can do other things. You can surf if you have hope. You can do hiking. What is the most popular place? The most popular place? Other than cooking in English. I don't think it's the most popular place. It's a farm experience. A farm? Yes. You can actually go to school. For example, you can go to a papaya shop. I don't know what's going on in the trees. I don't know what's going on in Hawaii. That's how it is. You can actually go and harvest it. For example, you can pull out the carrots. You can also use the leaves of the carrots. How do you do it? It's a farm experience. It's a farm experience. You can also crush and crush the taro. That's how you do it. It's a farm experience. You can also crush and crush the taro. What else? Do you want to learn how to dance? I don't think everyone can dance. I also have a lot of yoga lessons. I also teach yoga lessons. I also teach yoga lessons. Some people come to me. Some people are tired. I always do it first. What else do you want to talk about? You've been a part of the NPO group. You've been a part of the NPO group. What have you been doing so far? I used to be a massage therapist. I went to the hospital for volunteer work. I took the massage therapists with me. I went to the hospital for volunteer work. So you went to the hospital for volunteer work. You went to Tohoku. A group of massage therapists came. They were the leaders. I went to the hospital for volunteer work. My mother taught me how to massage. So you can actually teach your family. That's right. Our motto is self-reliance. We don't just help them. Our goal is to help them do something. For example, we go to Tohoku with my husband. We teach them how to cook. We teach them how to cook. We teach them how to cook. We teach them how to cook. We teach them how to learn. That's what we do. We often teach them how to raise fish. We teach them how to fish. That's right. We also teach them how to walk the path of kindness. If you go to Tohoku with your husband, you don't have to do it yourself. You have to do your own self-reliance. That's what we do. For example, even if I make breakfast every morning, I can't make breakfast for them. I teach them how to make omelettes. That's what I learned. I teach them how to make omelettes. You teach them how to make omelettes. You teach them how to learn. That's what we do. It's like a pay-forward. I think it's really good to learn. But if you teach them how to learn, they don't know how to do it. I see. I want them to learn how to do it. That's what I do. It's natural for me to be able to do it. It's the first time I've learned how to do it. I've learned a lot of things. I've achieved a lot of things. I'm like a child. I get confident all of a sudden. I've learned how to make omelettes. When I got home, I didn't do anything at all. First of all, my parents told me how to make omelettes. They told me how to make them. My mother was surprised and sent me a message. My daughter didn't do anything. She told me how to make omelettes. That's when I got confident as a child. I'm really grateful for that. It's not just about getting money. It's not about getting a lot of customers. It's about connecting with the next generation. What do you want to do from the beginning? Do you want to be more like a teacher? Do you want to continue doing this? That's exactly what I want to do. I want to be independent. As I said before, I want people who can do it. I don't want people who can't do it. I want people who can't do it. I'm not confident. I want people who can't do it. I want people who can't do it. I want people who can't do it. I don't know what to do. I want people who can't do it. I want people who can't do it. I see. I was in elementary school. How old were you? I was with my parents. I cook when I'm 3 years old. How old are you? I don't know whether I'm playing or cooking. I don't know whether I'm playing with pasta or clay. I play with pasta. How old are you? I'm 80 years old. How old are you? I'm about 10 years old. I'm about 10 years old. I see. I'm an adult now. I'm very proud of myself. You are also an adult now. I'm very proud of myself. You are also an adult now. I see. I see. I learn English. I understand English. I understand Japanese. I see. I see. I see. I see. I see. I see. I see. It seems to be introduced on TV as well, but if you want to contact us, where would you like us to contact you? I think it was written earlier that it is called Casa de la Dolce Vita. One more time, slowly. Should I click on it? No, it's okay. The title doesn't come out, right? Casa de la Dolce Vita at gmail.com Thank you. Casa de la Dolce Vita at gmail.com At gmail.com This is written in a single word. Yes, you can contact us. Also, on the internet, you can search for Hawaii cuisine for a month. Yes, you can search for it. Can you see any photos on Facebook? On Facebook, I have a project page. There is a public support page. I can only see people who came to my house. I see. There is a private space. Yes, I understand. Then, the most Casa de la Vita Dolce. That's right. I can't speak Italian. So, I would like you to search for what you are interested in. Thank you very much for today. Please continue to do your best. Thank you for everybody watching. Thank you for Hawaii. Konnichiwa, Hawaii. I'm Yukari Kunisue. We'll be back next week. Konnichiwa, Hawaii. That's all for today. Thank you for watching. See you next time.