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Asia is known for it's large, glitzy shopping malls. Many
Which metropolis in Asia can rightfully claim the title 'Mall Capital of Asia'? I guess I'm hoping for responses from those who've travelled widely in Asia, i.e. Tiger Beer, even if they're not mall rats it's hard to avoid malls if you're in Asia. Sure, many cities are known for great shopping, from Bangkok, Hong Kong to Hanoi, but which cities seem to have the best range, best designed, greatest no. of shops.etc of shopping malls?
I was just in Taipei and felt it was a bit lacking in this department. While Singapore doesn't have any mega-malls like South China Mall, SM City, Utama I haven't been to a city with so many damn shopping malls (over 200 or so is my guess). Manila is probably a good candidate, it's got many mega-malls, and Dubai might be coming up.
SOuth Korea lacks malls as well. Whenever I've been to Philippines, I see tons of Koreans in those malls.
Speaking of which, I"d probably say the Philippines is the King of Malls. Indonesia might be close as well. Malaysia has quite a few as well.
Sri Lanka definitely is NOT. I was in Sri Lanka last year, and even in Colombo, there were very options.
I'm not a mall person either, but they are nice and air-conditioned. Plus in a place like the Philippines, they put pretty much everything in them including the post office, restaurants, nightclubs, bowling alleys, movie theaters, internet cafes, everything.
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Originally Posted by Tiger Beer
SOuth Korea lacks malls as well. Whenever I've been to Philippines, I see tons of Koreans in those malls.
Speaking of which, I"d probably say the Philippines is the King of Malls. Indonesia might be close as well. Malaysia has quite a few as well.
Sri Lanka definitely is NOT. I was in Sri Lanka last year, and even in Colombo, there were very options.
I'm not a mall person either, but they are nice and air-conditioned. Plus in a place like the Philippines, they put pretty much everything in them including the post office, restaurants, nightclubs, bowling alleys, movie theaters, internet cafes, everything.
Lol didn't even think of Sri Lanka. I just checked this list:
Hong Kong might be known as a shopping mecca, but it's more downtown type shopping (there are malls) than huge malls. Singapore, you could say, very much has a 'mall culture'. Everything, not just shops, can be found in shopping malls there and they are still building a lot. Many are extensions of MRT stations.
I didn't think Tokyo would rank high but I hear they've got large underground shopping malls. What disappointed me about Taipei was their malls were kind of 'closed' feeling, more corridors without a central area. So they felt more like indoor streets.
Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia have malls but they also seem to have a big street shopping culture. S'pore too, but Singapore's Orchard road is basically lined with malls.
I didn't think Tokyo would rank high but I hear they've got large underground shopping malls. What disappointed me about Taipei was their malls were kind of 'closed' feeling, more corridors without a central area. So they felt more like indoor streets.
I feel like the Tokyo (Japan in general) malls are pretty boxy. Tokyo also has a lot of stores that are very high. Like, a clothing store could be five floors high. They do also have underground shopping, but I never explored that area in my last visit.
Taipei, on the other hand, has a half diverse collection of malls due to the size of the city. All these malls are spread out so you can't judge one-two malls as what defines as a Taiwanese mall. A lot of the malls in Taiwan, are Japanese owned. Yet, the Takashimiya in Taipei looks really different from the Tokyo Times Square Takashimiya. That's to be expected. But, the layout of the round non-boxy loose Takashimiya is arranged differently from the more boxy Western-looking arrangement in the Taipei 101 area. Which then looks different from a lot of more generic Taiwanese malls that are arranged like they're giant department stores (i.e. bottom floor = perfume, second floor = clothing, third floor = clothing, fourth floor = bookstore, etc.). Also, Taiwan has long underground shopping hallways due to the subway system.
On top of that, it's Taiwan's southern populated city, Kaoshiung, that's considered a shoppers' paradise.
(And yet, none of this really matters much to me whenever I visit relatives in Taiwan. I already live in a shopping mecca town in the US. I take advantage of the Japanese bookstores in Taiwan and that's it. Not much of a shopper.)
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I feel like the Tokyo (Japan in general) malls are pretty boxy. Tokyo also has a lot of stores that are very high. Like, a clothing store could be five floors high. They do also have underground shopping, but I never explored that area in my last visit.
Taipei, on the other hand, has a half diverse collection of malls due to the size of the city. All these malls are spread out so you can't judge one-two malls as what defines as a Taiwanese mall. A lot of the malls in Taiwan, are Japanese owned. Yet, the Takashimiya in Taipei looks really different from the Tokyo Times Square Takashimiya. That's to be expected. But, the layout of the round non-boxy loose Takashimiya is arranged differently from the more boxy Western-looking arrangement in the Taipei 101 area. Which then looks different from a lot of more generic Taiwanese malls that are arranged like they're giant department stores (i.e. bottom floor = perfume, second floor = clothing, third floor = clothing, fourth floor = bookstore, etc.). Also, Taiwan has long underground shopping hallways due to the subway system.
On top of that, it's Taiwan's southern populated city, Kaoshiung, that's considered a shoppers' paradise.
(And yet, none of this really matters much to me whenever I visit relatives in Taiwan. I already live in a shopping mecca town in the US. I take advantage of the Japanese bookstores in Taiwan and that's it. Not much of a shopper.)
That's exactly it. I was actually looking around Taipei for the 'proper' malls. I could find all these small little malls that looked like department stores, but I'm used to the malls of South-East Asia and China. For impressiveness the shopping in Singapore blows Taipei away.
i never actually shop in malls, i just go to them to pick up chicks/eat in the food court and philippines wins in this category hands down, but the malls in bangkok have always impressed me more.
I'd give the title to the Philippines. Mall is more than just a shopping place to the Filipinos. It is part of their culture. It's like their gathering or meeting place.
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