Melaka City
This huge museum-like shop is set in an elegant traditional building and is stuffed to the gills with antiques and replicas. It's not cheap, but it bursts…
Must-see shopping in Asia
Dhaka
Large, hectic clothing market with seconds, and factory overruns that would otherwise have been heading for European and American brands, providing plenty…
Taichung
This hippy indie bookstore specialises in social science and literature, with a small selection of tomes in English. It also has its own cafe decked out…
Nado Poizokhang Incense Showroom
Thimphu
This showroom sells incense made at the nearby Nado Poizokhang Incense Factory, which you can visit to watch the production process. It's opposite the…
Battambang
This swish store, downstairs in the bijou hotel of the same name, sells handmade passementrie (trimmings), textiles, antiques and accessories. It also…
Women's Skills Development Organisation
Pokhara
The woven and stitched bags, belts and toys display real skill and care, and make a great souvenir. Sales help generate income for disadvantaged women…
Ranthambhore National Park
This place aims to promote conservation through art, and sells signature photo-realistic wildlife watercolours and prints created by local artists from…
Miri
Reopened in an interesting modern building in 2018, this centre showcases stalls selling colourful bags, baskets, sarongs, textiles etc made by Iban,…
Lhasa
This convenient branch of Lhasa's best handicraft's shop doesn't have the selection of the main outlet but is good on stylish pillows, children's toys and…
Phnom Penh
Opposite the Tuol Sleng museum, this shop has the inevitable silk scarves, as well as signature items such as accessories made from recycled cement bags…
Asakusa & Sumida River
This eccentric curio shop, with a turn of the last century atmosphere, is full of vintage dresses and kimonos, antique lamps and decorative objets. It's…
Kuching
Specialises in English-language books on Borneo, the history of Sarawak and natural history. Also carries Sarawak maps and a few travel guides. Doubles as…
Temples of Angkor
On the NH67 north to Banteay Srei District is the Lo-Yuyu ceramics workshop, producing traditional Angkorian-style pottery. Short pottery courses (US$10)…
Kerobokan
Zillions of beads and buttons made from shells, plastic, metal and more are displayed in what at first looks like a candy store. Elaborately carved wooden…
Kolkata (Calcutta)
Tribes India, located within the Dakshinapan Shopping Centre, stocks brass figures and appealing greetings cards. You'll also find some cane work and folk…
Pokhara
Sherpa Adventure is the place to find outdoor gear that is of a better quality than most of the counterfeit stuff that dominates the bazaar. They also…
Yogyakarta
Batik Plentong gives free guided tours of the batik process in the attached workshop (8am to 4pm). Prices reflect visits from tour groups, but the quality…
Colombo
The fashion branch of the Paradise Road design conglomerate is run by Annika Fernando and is housed with her sister Saskia Fernando's eponymous gallery…
Thimphu
Opening hours are erratic and the prices are high at this eccentric crafts store, often staffed by a doma-nut-chewing grandma, but there are some genuine…
Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Breezy, boho-chic, block-printed dresses, skirts, trousers and crop-tops in fun-but-fashionable geometric patterns (all handmade at Auroville) sit side-by…
Osaka
This cult-fave Osaka bookstore prides itself on not stocking any bestsellers. Instead, it's stocked with small-press finds, art books, indie comics and…
Phnom Penh
A small shoe shop near Aeon Mall where you can craft your own custom-made espadrilles (US$35) or choose from the attractive handmade collection (US$30),…
Chennai (Madras)
Tucked inside the ever-popular Chamiers shopping-and-coffee complex, Anokhi deals in gorgeous, well-priced, East-meets-West, hand-block-printed clothes…
Jakarta
The place for electronics (and exotica such as Russian watches), Mangga Dua Mall is a busy combination of six adjoining multistorey malls. You'll also…
Mysuru (Mysore)
A quality-assured place for sandalwood products including incense, soap, cosmetics and the prohibitively expensive pure sandalwood oil (if in stock)…
Downtown Kyoto
Mina has branches of two of Japan’s most popular chains: Uniqlo, a budget clothing brand that has spread overseas, and Loft, a fashionable department…
Downtown Kyoto
Named after an album by Frank Zappa, Joe's Garage has a music selection as genre-spanning as the musician himself, with jazz and rock to obscure Japanese…
Asakusa & Sumida River
SyuRo stocks a variety of works by local artisans as well as its own in-house brand. It's especially well-known for its canisters, made of tin plate,…
Nong Khai Walking Street Market
Nong Khai
This weekly street festival featuring music, handmade items and food takes over the promenade every Saturday night. It's smaller, but far more pleasant…
Phuket
A beautiful gallery filled with fine Southeast Asian and Chinese modern and traditional art, mixed with a few antiques and original prints and lithographs…
Yogyakarta
The recording studio of local label Doggyhouse Records has a small shop selling CDs and vinyl of local bands; anything from heavy metal to dub reggae. It…
Harajuku & Aoyama
Laforet has been a beacon of Harajuku fashion for decades, where young brands cut their teeth and established ones hold court. Check out the avant-garde…
Kuta & Legian
This large mall in south Bali only adds to the traffic chaos on Tuban's under-engineered streets. A huge Matahari department store is joined by scores of…
Gangnam & Southern Seoul
No need to root around Dongdaemun Market for the latest hot K-designers, with this store in the COEX Mall showcasing the designs of 100 rising stars…
Jaffna
Great little open-front tailor shop in the heart of the market. The talented guys here will mend clothing worn out by your touring while you wait. They…
Central Honshū
This high-end maker of wagasa (oiled-paper parasols/umbrellas) is a 10-minute walk from JR Gifu Station. Turn left from the south exit, then right at the…
Thimphu
The best-stocked dhar (prayer flag) shop in town, selling everything from multicoloured strings of flags to the tall, white, pole-mounted memorial flags…
Iloilo
Shop selling one of city's best selections of locally produced handicrafts, as well as area food specialities. Unfortunately as it's located around 12.5km…
Kuching
This fine little boutique has a well-chosen selection of made-in-Sarawak fabrics and clothing in both traditional and modern Orang Ulu–inspired designs,…
Harbin
The best bargains in Harbin are found on the 11 floors of this indoor market. Clothes and souvenirs are on the first couple of levels, with the 4th floor…
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