While working for Kawasaki's corporate office in L.A., I had the opportunity to create and conduct training for Kawasaki's handful of dealers in the US state of Hawaii. Not many are aware of this, but due to the way Kawasaki's US presence unfolded in the early days, Hawaii had its own distributorship separate from the US distributor. As such the eight Kawasaki dealers in that state were not supported by Kawasaki Motor Corp., USA, my employer, but by this smaller, parallel organization. However, the level of support by that organization was less than was available by KMC and thus the Hawaiian dealers occasionally requested help from the main distributor. Incidentally, a similar situation existed with Latin America, for whom KMC likewise regularly offered assistance. So, three days in Hawaii, my first time ever, and it was very interesting, though mostly in rather urban Honolulu and therefore not really offering the full taste of Hawaiian culture.