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hong kong walk tour fuk wa street street market
Fuk Wa Street (traditional Chinese: 福華街; simplified Chinese: 福华街; pinyin: Fúhuá Jiē; Cantonese Yale: fuk1 wa4 gaai1) is a street in Cheung Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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- hong kong walk tour fuk wa street street market
- Map of Fuk Wa St Hong Kong
- 360 video of fuk wa street market
- Name
- Retail
- Features
- References
Map of Fuk Wa St, Hong Kong
360 video of fuk wa street market
Name
Unlike other streets in the area, Fuk Wa Street is not named after a place in China. Its name means blessing (fuk, 福) and prosperous (wa, 華) while its brother street Fuk Wing Street glorious, prosperous (wing, 榮). Upon creation, it was named Om Yau Street (菴由街), but was later changed.
Retail
Part of the street from Nam Cheong Street to Kweilin Street is a street market from 12 noon until 9 pm, with numerous stalls selling varieties of goods like old books and clothes. The Golden Computer Arcade is located in its section between Yen Chow Street and Kweilin Street. The section of the road due south of Nam Cheong Street is notorious for being the red light district of Sham Shui Po.
Features
Fuk Wa Street spans from Castle Peak Road to Tai Po Road. It is divided into several sections, interrupted by various building structures.