Yokota AB Welcomes Yellow Box Furniture Store
The Yokota Exchange celebrated the grand opening of the second Yellow Box Furniture Storefront location in the Pacific Region on Nov. 8. The 5,000-square-foot store opened in the Yokota Community Center, expanding the Exchange Concessions footprint. Exchange Leadership from Okinawa, Yokota Exchange associates, Yellow Box furniture store employees and eager Yokota shoppers attended the grand-opening ceremony.
“With Veterans Day this week and the holiday season upon us, this is the ideal time to provide ‘comforts of home’ selections with the opening of the Yellow Box furniture store,” said Yokota Exchange General Manager Andrew Defelice. “This is a great Quality of Life initiative, providing an extensive assortment of American and Asian furniture with cultural home décor selections at affordable prices for our service members and their families at Yokota.”
Yugen Gaisha C&D (aka Yellow Box) was founded in 2004 and started a partnership with the Exchange in 2006, under a long-term roving contract. The Exchange started a long-term commodity contract with the Yellow Box furniture store on Camp Foster, Camp Courtney and Kadena Air Base in 2011. The first Yellow Box furniture store front opened at Camp Foster in April 2024.
Yellow Box furniture store specialties include:
- Providing comforts of home selections through American, Bali, Thailand, Vietnam and Indian furniture items
- Importing new products every week to commit to variety
- Striving to provide competitive prices
- Next day delivery and furniture assembly offered
- Friendly atmosphere and bilingual sales associates with deep knowledge about their products
“This collaboration allows a greater number of options for our service members to outfit their homes with furniture not only from Japan, but from around the Pacific,” said Col. Jason Beck, Exchange Pacific Region Commander. “Yellow Box furniture store is a great option as they have very reasonable prices and constantly changes their inventory to keep customers coming back. The collaboration is perfect for the unique environment at Yokota.”
A third Pacific Region Yellow Box Furniture Store location is slated to open in March 2025 at Misawa Air Base and another at Camp Zama in the summer of 2025.
From left: Yokota Exchange Services Business Manager Yoshimi “George” De La Cruz, PAC Region Chief Facility Manager (FMO) Marnya Berry, Yokota Exchange General Manager Andrew Defelice, Yellow Box General Manager Shota Noborikawa and Yellow Box Store Manager Miku Uehara cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Yellow Box furniture at Yokota AB.
