KAHALA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow)- Members of the Waialae-Kahala Neighborhood Board got an earful from residents who've had enough of the dilapidated conditions of Kahala properties owned by eccentric Japanese billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto. Those members also showed that they're fed up as well.

Board members, including one of Kawamoto's unhappy neighbors, wants to put more pressure on the city to do something.

"They could raise the fines. They could go into the property and fix the property up at city expense and charge Mr. Kawamoto the cost of fixing the properties," said board member Richard Turbin.

Longtime Kawamoto opponent Mark Blackburn of Black Point cited a Hawaii News Now report which showed evidence of drug use at some of the properties.

KAHALA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow)- For eight years, Kahala Avenue neighbors have been at odds with billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto and in part two of our special report a solution between the war of the wealthy is difficult to find.

Real estate mogul Genshiro Kawamoto paid nearly half a million dollars a year in property taxes in 2011.

He's also paid $42,000 in fines. He certainly contributes more than most to the city coffers however it's not just his money but weak laws that allows him to come away clean.

Genshiro Kawamoto knows how to protect himself from the sun and from persecution. Kawamoto owns 27 properties on Kahala Avenue.

One was bought for $22 million and then demolished for a statue garden. Others were mansions that have been trashed attracting more drug users than investors.

So what is Genshiro's plan?

"By this summer he is going to have everything in order," said Kawamoto, through an interpreter.