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Mana Bu's Is Now Mana Musubi — What Happened After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3 Honolulu, Hawaii

Current status

Renamed

As of October 2026, honolulumagazine.com lists this address as Mana Musubi; reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026, not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Honolulu Magazine reported on 2019-04-30 that the shop formerly known as Mana Bu's had been renamed Mana Musubi under the same owners at the same King Street address, and Yelp's current listing still carries the legacy Mana Bu's name as of an August 2026 update. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The episode featured Mana Bu's fresh-made musubi and Japanese-Hawaiian rice balls, sold from a small takeout counter on South King Street. Manabu and Fumiyo Asaoka opened the shop in 2009 in Honolulu's Makiki-McCully neighborhood, building a following for hand-crafted musubi flavors beyond the traditional Spam version. According to Honolulu Magazine, the shop was renamed Mana Musubi by 2019 while remaining under the same Asaoka family ownership at the same King Street address, reopening after a short closure for renovations. Yelp's listing for the business, updated in August 2026, still carries the earlier Mana Bu's name, and the current ordering site operates under the domain manabus.netwaiter.com, reflecting the business's continued use of both names.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 3

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Regional Favorites · What was featured: Mana Bu's fresh-made Japanese-Hawaiian musubi and rice balls

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Sources we checked 4 references

  1. honolulumagazine.com https://www.honolulumagazine.com/mana-musubi-is-reopening-wednesday-with-25-more-rice-balls/
  2. onolicioushawaii.com https://onolicioushawaii.com/mana-musubi-mana-bu-oahu/
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/mana-bus-honolulu-2
  4. manabus.netwaiter.com https://manabus.netwaiter.com/
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