The Matsui building's distinctive, shingled, step-gabled false front visually anchors the intersection of Baldwin and Makawao avenues. Here the Matsui family repaired watches and sold groceries, candies, magazines, and dry goods. The family also operated a service station in the single-story building adjoining the store.
Don J. Hibbard, "Matsui Store", [Makawao, Hawaii], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/HI-01-MA67.
Buildings of Hawaii, Don J. Hibbard. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 222-222.
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