We visited a famous plant store in Hong Kong!

During a business trip to Southeast Asia, I stopped off in Hong Kong and visited a famous plant store.

Even though it is February, the temperature is a warm 22℃, making the climate more suitable for growing plants than Japan.

With a population of 7 million people in an area roughly half the size of Tokyo, it is one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

In Hong Kong, either at the same time as Japan or a little earlier, tuberous plants and succulents became popular and boomed with the pandemic. As with rare plants, they have been ordering and selling many pots from Japanese artists for several years. Most of the pots from Japanese artists have probably been sold in Hong Kong at least once. For this reason, store staff and bizarre plant lovers in Hong Kong can talk in detail about Japanese artists. On the other hand, resale on Mercari-like apps and shoplifting in stores also seem to be problems.

Both stores I visited are close to the metro and easy to access, so if you're traveling to Hong Kong, please be sure to stop by (please note that you cannot take the plants home with you! Just enjoy the sights!). When I arrived in February, an antigen test result was required to enter the country, but most citizens wore masks when going out, and although the language spoken was Chinese, the world was almost the same as in Japan (English is understood 100%, so no need to worry).

Hong Kong, Greenflag

Greenflag is a brick-and-mortar shop selling rare plants in Hong Kong.

The store has over 16,000 followers on Instagram and carries many items by Japanese artists.

The store is in Kowloon, get off at Lai Chi kok station on the Tsuen Wan Line (red line).

From Exit 3, walk for 1 minute to the Trust Centre building and head to the 3rd floor.

Get off at Lai Chi kok station and take exit C

This is what you'll see when you look back after getting off at Exit C. From here, continue along the road for one minute.

Trust Centre Building

303 Dreams Become True Company, a good name.

The shop is filled with rows of tuberous and succulent plants, and is about 30 to 40 square meters in size. When I visited, pots by familiar artists such as YT-YF, Keisukegama, Keiichi Sato, Koji Takahashi, Kamiyama Toki, and SAC Bros.Company were on display and for sale, as well as pots by Taiwanese and Chinese artists. I was given permission to take photos, so please take a look at some photos of the shop.

The owner, Mr. and Mrs. Choi, are a married couple, and the store is filled with the kindness of the two of them. It makes me want to buy some pachypus...

Hong Kong, Sunsi

Sunsi is a brick-and-mortar shop that offers a selection of rare plants, pots by Asian artists, and ateliers.

She also has over 16,000 followers on Instagram.

The store is located on Hong Kong Island, get off at Causeway Bay Station on the Island Line (blue line).

It takes 2 minutes on foot from Exit 1 to reach the Jaffe building. Ring the intercom at the entrance and head to the 4th floor.

Sunsi is a tenant in this building.

The auto-lock on the store on the 4th floor was deactivated and we entered the store.

The clean and spacious store is surrounded by pure white walls and is lined with tuberous and succulent plants. At the back of the store is a large greenhouse, which is not for sale but is a real treat for the eyes.

When I visited, in addition to newly arrived pots by Japanese artists such as YT-YF, Koji Sakurai, and SAC Bros. Company, as well as 3D printed pots made by Japanese artists, there were also pots made by ceramic artists from Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong.

The shop owners here are also a married couple, and since it was early in the day there were no customers, so we were able to talk to them at length and carefully. They will soon be expanding into mainland China and Macau, and from the couple's smiling faces and the friendly atmosphere in the shop, I felt it was a wonderful and trustworthy shop.

If you are traveling to Hong Kong, please stop by while sightseeing! The metro is easy for tourists to understand, and you can enjoy the gourmet food along the way.