Yoko’s Custom Tailor

Yokoyama-​san retired! Went to his shop with a pile of pants yesterday and his shop is available for rent :(I trusted him completely and now I need to find someone else to do alterations on my pants/​jeans!

This place is solid for alteration of jeans.
I have been to places where they just use the standard orange stitching for jeans, even when I bring them jeans with black or red stitching. Not this place. The guy matched up thread colors exactly. The length is right on the dot as well.
It took him a week to do which is about as long as other places made me wait in the past. Not a big deal since I did not need these jeans back right away. I am sure you can get your stuff done quicker if you need it.
It cost me about $ 10 per pair of jeans to be altered which I think is a bit steep but oh well.
This place also had a funny smell to it. It smelled like an old person’s apartment. I am glad I didn’t have to stay uin there for more than 5 minutes at a time.
It is also right next to Ala Moana mall so if you buy jeans that need to be altered, you can stop by this spot on your way home. Very convenient.
I will come back just because I shop at Ala Moana and Ward often.

Mr. Yokoyama is a tailor, and he’s saved me and my DF from a couple of potential fashion disasters. His office is located on the 2^nd floor of Likelike Plaza (where the Drive-​In is), and is open M-​F only. But if you can get to him, I would suggest giving him everything that you need altering. He does a great job, and while it’s not the cheapest place in town, it’s one of the best in my book. You can’t even tell it’s altered.
I’m usually too cheap to get pants hemmed — resorting to really high heels or begging my mom for help. One day in the not so distant past, I emceed a wedding, and needed a decently priced dress at the last minute that would be appropriate and would make me look good.
How did I get the emcee job, you ask? Well, it was either that or be the bridesmaid…and people think I’m actually entertaining — or were they saying I’m funny looking?. .. anyway, I found a great dress but it was several sizes too large, so went to get it altered. He did a great job, on time, and the dress looked great.
YCT is one of the best alteration specialists I’ve seen.