Temple Street is situated at Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon. It is the site of one of the most famous open air night markets in the entire city of Hong Kong. The entire area of Temple Street, full of life and vigor, is considered to be the best shopping destination of the region. The place is in fact also termed as the 'Night Club of the People'. Another term that is frequently used for the Temple Street, Hong Kong is the ‘Men's Street’, since initially the region sold only those goods that were related to men. Now-a-days, however, all sorts of items can be found at the Temple Street.
The Temple Street in Hong Kong comes to life only after it gets dark at night. Some of the items that are sold in different variations and are available at many ranges of prices include the electronic products, jade articles, clothes, toys, coins, music boxes, CDs, VCDs, silk shirts, arts and crafts, ties, toys, lighters, jeans, western-style clothes, T-shirts and leather wares. Bargaining is a must at the
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Temple Street of Hong Kong.
Apart from shopping, there are also ample entertainment opportunities at the Temple Street like the fortune tellers, street dentists and the Chinese street operas. The place received its name from the Tin Hau Temple.
Many films have been made on the Temple Street market in Hong Kong. Some of these films are 'The Mean Street Story', ‘Prince of Temple Street’ and 'God of Cookery'. The Temple Street market is entirely different from the Stanley Market as the former is a street-stall based one, while the latter is a shop-style market. The Temple Street market is also famous among the locals of the region for the Poor Man's Nightclub. The market opens at 2 pm, although most of the tourists pour into the market only after the dark.
The Temple Street market can be reached easily from the nearest station of Yau MA Tei.
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