Temple Street Market
The Temple Street Market is the most famous of Hong Kong’s street fairs. While the bustling open-air market opens at 2:00 P.M. daily, things only start happening when the sun sets. People come out not only to shop, but to enjoy the night time activities with fortune-tellers and occasional, Cantonese opera singers.

Everything is for sale in this market, including clothes, shoes, electronic gadgets and much more. Food stalls dot the area, so don’t worry about going hungry. The Temple Market along with its entertainment ends at 11 P.M.

It is best to know the item’s price at home when shopping for electronic gadgets as this allows you to do comparison shopping. If an item comes in a box, open the box and inspect the item before giving away your cash. Buyers beware!

Like all the other markets Temple Street is strictly cash. There is no ability to use a credit card.

	Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
	local bazaar of bargain items, Chinese operas, food stalls and fortune telling

Temple Street – Yung Shue Tau
Getting towards dusk, fortune-tellers set up their tables in Temple Street, in the square outside the street's eponymous temple. The xiangqi players or Chinese chess players unfold their boards and take on all newcomers.

Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, is a much faster game than its Western counterpart. There are no boring pawn-led buildups; instead, powerful pieces (cannons, elephants, chariots) charge into play at once, and outcomes are sudden and savage—particularly when you face the players of Temple Street, who might look harmless but are more often merciless sharks. The players at Temple Street appear to be playing for small change – each of the small coins beside the board stands for about $20. Waging high stakes in a sleazy Chinatown square: don't even pretend you have played chess in circumstances more gritty, or alluring, than these.

	A public squire in Yamatei bounded by ShanghaiStreet, Public Square Street, Market Street and the Tin Hau Temple.
	Public Square

Tin Hau Temple
The Tin Hau Temple is one of Kowloon's oldest temples and bares the name of a fisherman's daughter. Tin Hau is known as the Queen of Heaven or Goddess of the Sea. A young lady who was clairvoyant and able to predict upcoming storms, she used these visions to save her father and others from drowning. After her death, the grateful fishermen sanctified her as the 'Guardian of Sea'.

You'll probably be encouraged to try your luck with the fortune sticks, known as chim. Each stick is numbered, and you shake them in a cardboard tube until one falls out. A fortune-teller will then ask for your date of birth and make predictions from the stick based on numerology. The Tin Hau Temple is open daily from 7:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.

	Kansu Street, Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
	Temple

Jade Market
Originally a pavement trading hub, the old Jade Market is now more orderly with 450 stalls, selling everything from priceless ornaments to fake pendants.

Take your time and explore the jade stalls. There are amulets, ornaments, necklaces and trinkets, mainly in a green, for your perusal. When you see the different jade pieces you’ll appreciate the designers’ craftsmanship. The Chinese believe jade offers protection from evil spirits, and can also calm nerves.

The Jade Market is open daily from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

If Jade is not a favorite, view the freshwater pearls and other collectibles.

	Intersection of Kansu Street and Battery Street
	bazaar of jade hawkers

Boardway Cinematheque
If you're looking for a visual feast, something such as an art-house feature, then visit the Broadway Cinematheque. The train station-like design of this building has won awards. The theatre displays foreign, independent films and rare local films and you can read the latest reel-world magazines from around the globe in a mini-library. A shop sells current and vintage film paraphernalia, and there's a coffee bar as well. To find Broadway Cinematheque, look for the Temple Street exit at the Yau Ma Tei MTR station.

	Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square Street, Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
	one-stop service by conglomerating cinema showing a diverse and unique selection of internationally acclaimed films, café, bookstore, disc store

Yau Ma Tei Market (Fruits Market)
Yau Ma Tei Market is a wholesale hub for fruits situated in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon and is historically valuable. It consists of several blocks of one or two-storey stone buildings. It was officially known as "Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market" until the name was transferred to the Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Market Complex in 1990. However, many wholesalers still operate at this former site. The busiest hours are from 04:00 A.M. to 06:00 A.M. in the early morning as lorries and carts deliver boxes of fresh fruit in and out of the market.

	Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon (between Ferry Street, Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street with Shek Lung Street passing through it)
	Fruit market