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“It’s April Fool’s every day,” says the sign at Jack’s, which has sold the likes of whoopee cushions, fake spills, Groucho Marx glasses, and hand buzzers since 1922.

People come from miles around to this antiques dealer specializing in furniture in the Arts & Crafts and Mission styles as well as exquisite New England art pottery from the early decades of the 20th century.

There’s a vast selection of teas from across Asia and half an aisle of ginseng products (both Asian and American). Get your herbalist’s prescription from the Chinese apothecary here.

Designer Kim Pham has been creating timeless ready-to-wear and custom-tailored Asian fashion for more than two decades. Embroidered silks are a specialty. Also the place to get scarves and bags.

This all-purpose martial arts store carries robes, belts, books, magazines, videos, plus a few swords and other weapons.

Whimsical housewares fill this shop known for its hand- dipped and scented candles. Aromas include root beer, popcorn, and “home” (which smells like apple pie).

The hand can be quicker than the eye, especially with the aid of various patented tricks and props available at Hank’s. Magician staff demonstrate the wares.

This is home to an exhaustive selection of fresh, frozen, canned, and dried foods essential to cuisines from Singapore to Seoul.

This tiny basement shop sells and frames contemporary prints from China among other things, and will carve your name in a stone seal for $10 per character.

Harking back to the South End’s days as a Middle Eastern immigrant neighborhood, this grocery sells southern and eastern Mediterranean essentials, from preserved lemons to rare Moroccan argan oil.