Temple Street, located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, is the most famous open-air market in Hong Kong. Divided into north and south sections, it earns its name from a temple in the middle section.
The night market stretches from Jordan Road to Yau Ma Tei's Man Ming Lane, filled with stalls offering various specialty snacks. As night falls, even more unexpected stalls open, offering opera singing, fortune telling, divination, Qigong, medicine sales, and more, creating an ambiance akin to a public night club. Here, tourists can fully immerse themselves in Hong Kong culture and manners.
However, such places are also a mix of dragons and snakes, and in early years, Temple Street was actually Hong Kong's red-light district, with prostitutes soliciting customers under the buildings along the street.
