Pahoa is a town on the Big Island of hawai`i. It is approx. 30 miles south west of Hilo in the District of Puna. Puna is home to some of the worlds most active volcanoes and the only _tropical_ rain forest in the United States. Pahoa is the home of the Pahoa Highschool Daggers and used to be one of the biggest marijuana producing areas in the country.