Yoki

Yoki is a little Japanese wonderland. There are snacks like green tea Kit Kats and many flavors of Pretz and Pocky (I currently am loving the Tom Yum Pretz and the Green-​Tea Cream-​FIlled Pocky). Yoki mostly focusses on housewares. You can find porcelain teaware, serveware, kitchen tools, and beauty products. Of course there are a few Hello Kitty things, phone cases, «stuffed animal» sushi figurines, and other random stuff. There is also a big line of Tea Forte brand tea bags and loose leaf tea. I always find something interesting here. On my recent visit I got a matcha roll cake slice-​shaped sponge! Who knew such a thing existed or that I would want one?!

I absolutely love this place! They have all kinds of unique items from Japan that you can’t get anywhere else in Kansas City.

I love this store and I hope it never goes away!
Kansas City needed a Japanese convenience store and now we have one! I missed visiting shops like this from when I lived in SF. This store has everything you might want: Japanese candies, drinks, kitchen items, stickers (so cute), Hello Kitty, animé merch, beauty items, and cute things galore! I always pick up stickers when I come in and occasionally I’ll get a marble soda. My husband is always sure to stock up on Hello Panda cookies. The last time I was in, I got an apple pie Kit-​Kat. Super weird but very unique.

Good for eastern candies and animé tchotchke’s. Not sure why you’d buy an $ 8 dish sponge, but if that’s your bag, knock yourself out.

Staff is respectful and helpful.
Interesting products. Got my son some Domo kun «monster lights» and the product needs work, they don’t all actually stay on nor do they all go on. I need to tape them on since we are keeping them. Don’t recommend getting them again though.
I’m being picky but I wish they would spread from being Japan-​focused to Chinese, Korean, etc products.

I’d been aware of Yoki, but hadn’t visited until this weekend, thinking I had no need for Hello Kitty paraphernalia.
It turns out, they have so much more inside the store! Dishes, food items, toiletries and beauty products from Japan, toys, origami supplies, bento box crafting supplies and so much more.
The prices seemed reasonable overall.
They had lots of fun stuff for when you need a little treat or little gift.

Yoki is a nice addition to Kansas City. These types of Japanese inspired goods store are usually hidden within ChinaTowns in much larger cities, but we now have something like this in our city. The nieces and nephews really enjoyed the store, buying up interesting art supply and pens.
Come by and support our new business. It’s great for all ages and you’ll get a laugh from some of stuff that are in the store.

It needs more products because of the size of store. It is organized and they handed out balloons when we went on July 4. The two people there that served us had a positive attitude and were good. :) just wish they supplied more things

If this store was ¼ the size, it’d easily be 4 stars. I could totally get behind a store of Japanese imports, hoping to satisfy ex-​pats and japanophiles alike. But as this store stands, in order to keep this large number of shelves filled it more resembles a Japanese Family Dollar, which isn’t the type of place I feel like spending my time or money.
First the good: The front half of the store. It’s kitschy, but then again so is Japanese pop culture. Lots of candy, Hello Kitty and other stereotypical Japanese knick-​knacks. A definite fun place to browse.
Then you have the bad: The back half of the store. Yes, this is a Japanese imports store, but who is really clamoring for Japanese kitchen sponges? Just because something was made in Japan doesn’t make it worth selling at marked up import prices. The bulk of the store is quite general and dull merchandise that isn’t all that much unlike what you’d find at any of the stores with the word «Dollar» in the name, only more expensive.
This place is fine and worth a walk through, but it’s significantly less fun and exotic than I had imagined.

The retail game at the City Market just got kicked up a few notches with the opening of Yoki. Mom and pop shopping is fun and it’s a cool way to do business. This is something else entirely and it is waaay cool.
Whoever put this shop together, has a great eye and sense of layout and design. The product offering is fun, beautiful and/​or special. Snacks, art supplies, personal goods, home décor, gorgeous orchids, kitchen goods. Lot’s of assorted chotchkies. And all things seem to be offered at really good prices. Have to say I noted the ceramics too, but unlike another reviewer, I thought they were great value for the quality. I purchased a set of sushi/​appetizer trays while there.
Need a unique birthday gift? A little housewarming something? Or, do you need a little bit of self-​shopping therapy? Check out Yoki.

Really neat place! Just opened yesterday, we managed to make a stop in today to check it out. They carry Japanese themed novelty and housewares. You can find everything from kitchenware, various authentic Asian candy, a surplus of Hello Kitty items, cutesy office items, and an array of other cheery goods in between. Their dishes & ceramics do seem a little bit more expensive in comparison to similar ones at other Asian markets. Overall they have a lot of stuff I haven’t seen anywhere else so it’s definitely a unique retail space that’s worth the trip. Staff is wonderful as well!