Exploring Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

A friend of mine, who have visited Hong Kong several times, suggested that if we would be looking for an accommodation in Hong Kong it should be within Tsim Sha Tsui. Her reason is because there are lots of tourist destinations within the area that can easily be visited on foot. I checked the internet and I found myself already enumerating the go to places in Tsim Sha Tsui.


For our Hong Kong Trip, here are the list of places in Tsim Sha Tsui that we visited: St. Andrew Church, Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower, Garden of Stars (previously Avenue of Stars), and the Victoria Harbour. Aside from these tourist destinations, Tsim Sha Tsui is also a go to place if you love to shop. Designer stores lined the whole street of Nathan Road and if you’re lucky, you may catch them on sale.


Our first stop is St. Andrew Church, since it was a Sunday and we always see to it that we stop by a church on our every travel. There were no mass when we went there and only three or four people are inside. After praying, me and my friends left the church and went to our next destination.

Our next stop is Kowloon Park. It is not very hard to locate this park; once you see a colorful stairs lined up with statues of comic characters, you are in the right place. Once you entered the park, you will still see more statues of comic book characters. Aside from these statues, another attraction of the park is that it become a home to different kinds of birds, it has a pond with koi fishes and turtles.

After Kowloon Park, we then walk along Nathan Road to go to the Clock Tower at the Victoria Harbour. It was a long walk going to the Harbour, and you don’t need to worry if you are not familiar with Tsim Sha Tsui as there are many directional signage. The Clock Tower is located near the Cultural Center and the Star Ferry and from there you can have a good view of the Hong Kong Island.

We walk along the Victoria Harbour looking for the Avenue of the Stars. Unfortunately because of the ongoing construction in the harbour area, the Avenue of the stars was relocated and is now called the Garden of Stars. Walking along the harbor, we again followed the directional signage until we reach our destination. From the Garden of Stars, you can again see Hong Kong island.

We went back to Victoria Harbour at night to hang out with an old friend. With some beer, chips, and music from local street performers we look at the night lights from the skyscrapers of Hong Kong Island.