Must see shopping in Kowloon

The Tung Choi Street Market is a cheek-by-jowl affair offering cheap clothes and trinkets. Vendors start setting up their stalls as early as noon, but it…

This five-storey behemoth is one of only a few old-school Chinese department stores left in the city. Products include silk scarves, traditional Chinese…

In the K11 mall, this shop – like a mini department store – is a funky destination for clothing and accessories, much of it by Hong Kong designers. Matter…

Occupying three floors of a building just across from Sham Shui Po MTR station, Golden Computer Arcade is where the techies go for their low-cost…

Bursting the seams of this minimall is cheap streetwear from Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, with a few knock-offs chucked in for good measure. Patience and a…

At this humble shop, octogenarian Mr Chan, one of Asia's few remaining master knife-sharpeners, uses nine different stones to grind each blade, and…

A magnet for millions of tourists, this never-ending retail and dining mecca has some 700 shops arranged over four zones: kids, sport, fashion and…

With international clothing brands plus some edgier local offerings, K11 is modern, compact and manageable, and also features exhibition spaces for local…

Located inside the ICC, Kowloon’s most upmarket shopping mall is a confusing maze divided into five zones each themed to one of the five natural elements…

Shutterbugs and vintage shoppers will love this boho store hawking retro film cameras, lenses, accessories and gifts. Staff are passionate and chatty, and…

This 15-storey supermall has some 300 shops that stay open as late as 11pm. The hordes of people here, including what seems like millions of mainland…

This long road is a riot of shops selling fabrics, trimmings, buttons, ribbons and other raw materials, as well as prêt-à-porter clothing. You’ll bump…

The go-to place for all things related to Asian comics and anime, the tiny stores in this mall sell everything from kidult figurines to vintage Casio…

A geek’s heaven, this grungy flea market specialises in all things digital and electronic. The market spills over into Pei Ho St.

Enclosed by looping Battery St, this covered market has hundreds of stalls selling all varieties and grades of jade. But unless you know your nephrite…

This is a fun place to rummage for name chops, soapstone carvings, fans and other Chinese bric-a-brac. It’s in an alleyway between Lock and Hankow Rds,…

Run by a handful of young Hong Kongers, this is a bilingual bookstore-cafe with an intellectual bent. If you’re looking for the likes of Derrida or Miłosz…

Brown's belongs to a new generation of bespoke tailoring shops for men. They're adept at both making traditional gentlemen's attire and instilling modern…

This third-generation family firm is run by a suited and silk-tongued gemologist selling diamonds, white gold and jade on Nathan Rd for over 40 years. A…

I.T. carries a chic and edgy selection of first- to third-tier designer brands from Europe and Japan, with high (but not outrageous) price tags. The I.T…