Mabel Hashisaka

Mabel Hashisaka (née Kawakami) is an American business owner from Hawaii. In 2016 she received Makana Hooko no Ke Ola, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Small Business Association of Hawaii. She initially worked as a teacher on the Big Island. The business produced small cookies marketed to Japanese visitors to Kauai who wished to take gifts from the area back to Japan, in a tradition known as omiyage.

The first product was based on the recipe for chocolate macadamia-nut shortbread borrowed from a friend of Hashisaka's. As the business grew, the bakery moved to larger premises in Hanapepe and began producing a wider range of biscuits and cookies.