The open-air agriculture museum depicts the daily lives of early Japanese immigrants to Hawaii during the period of 1920-1945.

Many, like Uchida, decided to leave the plantations and start their own family businesses when their contract expired.

The eldest son Masao Uchida also farmed the property until he and his wife Masako retired to Honolulu in 1994.

A kiosk is open to visitors, and a full tour by costumed interpreters from the Kona Historical Society is available at limited times.

[6] On February 9, 1995 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii as site number 94001621.