Any "nerdy" or "geeky" place to go?
Hello everyone,
I am totally a sci-fi (heck, even science itself), comic, video game, etc fan. Everything that is considered "geeky" Now, I will be visiting HK with the wife for 3 days, I think she wants to meet some of her college friends for lunch. Since it will be a girl thing, I am thinking I can use this time to check out some cool techy/sci-fi type stuff. So are there any: Video arcades, or comic stores, or sci-fi type place I can go to and check out? Of course, Tokyo would be the dream place, but hopefully HK will have something Thanks! |
Do you read / speak Chinese or are you looking for something in English?
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You can always pop by the Tsim Sha Tsui East area where the Science Museum and Space Museum are at.
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Originally Posted by christep
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Do you read / speak Chinese or are you looking for something in English?
Originally Posted by yelly
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You can always pop by the Tsim Sha Tsui East area where the Science Museum and Space Museum are at.
And I think Tsim Sha Tsui East is near Avenue of the Stars? I can go check out the Bruce Lee statue then! awesome Thanks |
This is a good topic, and hopefully I can build on it.
Is there a section of Hong Kong like Akihabara in Tokyo? Kind of a place to check out the latest and possibly greatest in electronics? |
Originally Posted by aztimm
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This is a good topic, and hopefully I can build on it.
Is there a section of Hong Kong like Akihabara in Tokyo? Kind of a place to check out the latest and possibly greatest in electronics? |
Sham Shui Po is a good bet. If you get tired of that "mall", the streets around there become markets later in the day.
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Originally Posted by Braindrain
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Sham Shui Po is a good bet. If you get tired of that "mall", the streets around there become markets later in the day.
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Talking about Sham Shui Po, there's a street near that area that sells board games and stuff too. I forgot what those shops have, nor the exact street. Sorry
And yeah, TST East is where the avenue of stars is at. It's actually right outside of the space musuem. |
Anime and other action figures : CTMA Centre (a multi-storey mall) , Mongkok MTR , Sai Yeung Choi St + Dundas St
Golden Computer Mall in Shamshuipo is a very local place, extremely crowded and generally cheapest among the computer malls. A more relaxing alternative is Wanchai Computer Centre (Wanchai MTR). >> Kind of a place to check out the latest and possibly greatest in electronics? These are found in full scale electronics stores in major shopping malls, not Shamshuipo or Golden. |
I would recommend going to one of the "computer malls" to satisfy your geek side. Make sure you leave your wife with her girlfriends as everyone in these malls seem to be male :D
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Originally Posted by beep88
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Anime and other action figures : CTMA Centre (a multi-storey mall) , Mongkok MTR , Sai Yeung Choi St + Dundas St
I looked up CTMA Centre and found a whole bunch of other places. So Im thinking of going to these places: CTMA Centre Animate Richmond Shopping Centre Toyzone at Causeway Bay Oriental 188 Clark's Comics Sino Centre In's Point |
When abouts are you going? I guess this is either too late for 2011 or too early for 2012, but every year HK hosts an awesome Anime-comic game fair in July at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai:
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/...icom-game.html Or, there's a huge Spring Electronics exhibition in April (the one for the fall just past :( ) http://www.hktdc.com/fair/hkelectron...g-Edition.html |
We'll be in HK from 11/29-12/3
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Originally Posted by sard
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We'll be in HK from 11/29-12/3
I'm there the week before you - leave on 11/28 - so if I see any I'll post the whereabouts on here. |
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