The Hawaiian Islands were closest to Japan, experienced a Japanese attack, and had a large Japanese population, and yet most Japanese Americans living in Hawaii were not subjected to the same internment experienced by Japanese Americans on the West Coast. Why?

They found fertile soil, which they used to grow a variety of crops.

They found the soil unusable, and they had to rely on fishing and hunting for food.

They discovered sandy soil, which they had to convert to grassland in order to grow crops.

They shared their knowledge of crop rotation with Native Americans in order to establish trade.