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HONG KONG SNEAKER ST (MONG KOK) TO CLOSE?

Many cities around the world have suburbs famous for a particular retail industry, such as the Akihabara electronics district in Tokyo and London’s Saville Row. Then there’s the diamond district in NYC and the famous lady boys from Pingpong Road, Bangkok – how these areas start and prosper is usually a mystery, but there’s one enigma close to my heart that I can share with you all today and that’s the world famous Sneaker Street in Hong Kong.
Being a HK local, I am constantly quizzed by visitors, ‘Where can I find the best club, monkey-brain restaurant, low-rent hookers etc’. But the question I am ALWAYS asked without fail is, ‘How the hell do I find Sneaker Street?’ It’s one of Hong Kong’s most famous cultural attractions and depending on how good your map reading skills are, one of the hardest to find for tourists.