It's often said that Kukuiula has an old Hawaii soul and simplicity. There’s an enduring rural charm here, a nostalgia for the Hawaii of dirt roads and roosters, of no building higher than a coconut palm and a delicious 25 mile per hour speed limit. Mixed in, there’s a deep love of custom, hula, the language, history and food from the red earth. There’s affection for plantation-style architecture, modestly beautiful, logical and lyrical. And there’s the element of breath underneath it all, the little thing they call aloha.