Kowloon, Hong Kong (off off Tokyo): Oct 26, 2012

I visited Hong Kong.
I walked in noisy and historical streets in Kowloon today. It was so exciting.

I started my walk from Tokwawan, the peninsula’s east coast. Old international airport (Kai Tak airport) located here until its closure in 1998. Now, construction works are under way in many places in the area. Traditional apartments still remain. I saw washing poles fixed horizontally from the apartment walls.

Kowloon City was known as a dangerous criminal town decades ago. Infamous Kowloon Wall City located in the center of the area. The district was redeveloped in the 1990s. The Wall City has turned to a park.

Ethnic restaurants, markets, and other shops are open in the area. The streets were messy and full of energy.

I walked Boundary Road westward. The Road was a border between Britain’s Hong Kong (1860-1997) and New Territory, Britain borrowed from China in 99-year term from 1898. It is just one of many streets in a residential area.

I arrived at the northern edge of Nathan Road. The road is about 4 km and is the main street of Kowloon.


I walked down the road from Prince Edward station through Mongkok, Yaumatei, Jordan, to Tsimshatsui.

Both modern and traditional buildings stood along the street. The road was extremely crowded with cars and shoppers. Large commercial boards were highly visible over the road.

The scapltures of comic figures were places in a park at the side of the road.

Famous Peninsula Hotel stood at the southern edge of the road.

The edge of the Kowloon peninsula faces with Hong Kong Island over a narrow channel. It was a nice sightseeing place. I found many handprints of movie stars in Avenue of Stars. The scape of the island over the sea was beautiful.