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<br />Liquor Commission
<br />Itsuko's Kitchen LLC
<br />dba Itsuko's Kitchen/ Banzai 47
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<br />KIND OF BUSINESS: Applicant plans to operate under two (2) dbas, Itsuko's Kitchen for the
<br />restaurant and dining area, and Banzai 47 for the bar.
<br />Itsuko's Kitchen will be open seven (7) days a week from 5:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m., serving
<br />breakfast and brunch items, and reopen from 6:00 p.m.- 1:00 a.m., the following day, serving
<br />appetizers, burgers, and noodles.
<br />Banzai 47, the bar, will be open seven (7) days a week from 2:00 p.m.- 2:00 a.m., the following
<br />day. Banzai 47 will operate as an adult bar for 21 years and over only, with pupus available
<br />during its hours of operation.
<br />For further information, refer to the floor plan attached as Exhibit 4.
<br />Employment will consist of approximately ten (10) employees, four (4) of which will be certified
<br />by the Department of Liquor Control to supervise the sale, service and consumption of liquor.
<br />Applicant would like to have live entertainment in the form of karaoke, a DJ, and/or a band
<br />while open for business. Applicant currently has no set schedule for live entertainment; however,
<br />they are considering Thursday — Saturday evenings.
<br />Applicant has been operating its food truck, Itsuko's Kitchen, since 2022 and has participated in
<br />multiple pop-up night markets and events since then.
<br />GENERAL LEASE NO. S-5001: Forthcoming. Applicant is currently working with DLNR on
<br />the Request for Consent to Assignment of General Lease S-5001.
<br />ASSIGNMENT OF GENERAL LEASE NO. S-5001: This Assignment of General Lease No.
<br />S-5001, dated September 8, 2025, by and between Pubtime, Inc, ("Assignor") and Itsuko's, LLC,
<br />("Assignee"), does hereby assign, transfer and set over unto the Assignee as tenant in severalty:
<br />"All of that certain State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, General Lease
<br />No. S-5001 ("Lease"), dated March 31, 1967, made by and between the State of Hawaii, as
<br />Lessor, and Kiyomi Kobata & wife Fumie Kobata, assigned by Assignment dated July 22, 1969,
<br />to K. Kobata & Sons, Inc., further assigned by Assignment dated 01/25/1996, recorded in the
<br />Bureau of Conveyances of the State of Hawaii as Document No. 96-010090 to Rus Sho Den Inc.,
<br />and further assigned by Assignment dated 12/19/2000 to Pubtime, Inc., as Lessee, covering:
<br />LOT A, situated at Waiakea, Hilo, Island and County of Hawaii, State of Hawaii, further
<br />identified by Tax Map Key (3) 2-2-032-010-0000 and containing an area of 43,048 square feet,
<br />more of less."
<br />ZONING: Neighborhood Commercial.
<br />SURROUNDING AREA: Survey of the surrounding area reveals that there are no churches
<br />and no liquor licenses with the same class and kind located within 500 feet of the proposed
<br />licensed premises, however, there is one public charter school, Ka `Umeke Kd'eo, located within
<br />500 feet of the proposed licensed premises.
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