Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Are not there many tourists who wish to enjoy shopping unique to Thailand on Bangkok trip?

"Chatuchak Weekend Market" to be held every Saturday and Sunday only means you can see products of various genres at once, such as Asian-like miscellaneous goods, cheap and good sense of clothes, leather goods, tableware, It is a huge market.

This time we will introduce the products sold at the biggest market in Bangkok "Chatuchak Weekend Market".

I would like to tell you the charm of this market which is becoming a specialty of Bangkok, crowded with lots of people every weekend.

The biggest market in Bangkok
Chatuchak Weekend Market

"Chatuchak Weekend Market" founded in 1982 has more than 15,000 stores opened, the shops handling miscellaneous goods, clothing and other products, as well as restaurants and stalls Bangkok is the largest It is a market.

Because the market is so famous that buyers visit from all over the world, you can also see someone shopping in bags.

Section of "27" Chatuchak

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Although it is a maze like "Chatuchak weekend market", there is a mechanism that can be easily rotated. A street called "main road" runs so as to enclose the entire market, and soy (alley) branched from there is numbered like Soi 1, Soi 2.

There are a total of 27 sections on the market, and the handled items are roughly classified for each section, so you can confirm when you want to know the items you want to see or where you are in the market.

Also, when you return to the store you are interested in, the street number (section and soya) is shown, so you can return without hesitation.

Looking around the shop while walking along the "main road", it seems to be a good way of turning around, such as going into the anxious section.

Get a free map with the information in the market and narrow down the sections you want to go and you can turn it efficiently.

Chatuchak Weekend Market
Introduction by area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Although items of the same genre are lined up in each section, there are many, there are stores that arrange items different from the description of sections exceptionally, so here we introduce products sold as "area" I will.

Trend area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

It is the most popular area in the market where good items of good sense line up.

There are cute, unique clothes, accessories, shops dealing for miscellaneous goods by young designers etc, places where air conditioning works!

There are many products that you want to take in your hands without thinking, and are crowded with fashionable young people in Bangkok.

Clothing, accessories area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Recommended handicrafts as a souvenir for souvenirs, unique designs, shades of clothing, and a variety of other miscellaneous goods are available.

I want to buy souvenirs for people as well as for myself.

Clothes have many summer clothes, but also shops with a considerable low price.

There are shops of crocodile leather goods, and items that are not easily seen in Japan are lining up.

Ethnic area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Areas where lots of handmade items such as rattan products mainly from northern Thailand, hand cloths of ethnic minorities, clothing items and the like line up.

Miscellaneous goods utilizing Thai silk and traditional crafts are exotic and tasty, popular among foreigners.

Many items of handmade one point, colorful bags and ethnic clothes are also sold.

Pottery Area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

If you want tableware and cups in Thailand, go to this area.

Thai high-grade pottery such as 'Benjarong Grill' with beautiful color usage and 'Celadon grill' in a calm and calm atmosphere are lining up.

In addition, you can see the famous Thai grilled foods at once, including the "Blue & White" grilled foods used in Thai restaurants and the cute tea sets that you can use every day.

Thai miscellaneous area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

For wooden chopstick rest, spoons, tableware, seasoning containers, all kinds of miscellaneous goods such as folk crafts and Thai musical instruments are concentrated.

Spices and aroma goods are also sold, and if you want to arrange souvenirs like Thailand, go here.

Art area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

The area where the most relaxed time in the market is flowing.

Mini galleries that handle paintings and sculptures with Asian motifs by artists of Thailand are joining together.

Cafe & restaurant area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

It is a recommended area when you want to have a meal, when you are thirsty, want to take a break.

There is a dining room, a cafe and a bar.

It is a good place to take a break for a while, as walking is hard to do during the hot weather.

It is also good to drink fruit juice or eat coconut ice.

Clothing area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

Area located near "BTS mochit station".

The old clothes are piled up all over the store.

Besides clothes, there are shoes such as sneakers and boots, hats, wallets, bags and the like.

In addition, we deal with a new item's unique bag.

Popular with young people in Thailand, there are things that you can find bargains!

Pet Area

Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"
Items sold at "Chatuchak Weekend Market"

An area where people like animals gather and crowded.

There are all kinds of animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, bird reptiles, and fish.

Since pet goods are also sold in large quantities at a low price, we can also search for souvenirs for pets.

A huge market that is irreplaceable for shopping
Chatuchak Weekend Market

How was it?

I think that the huge market "Chatuchak · Weekend · Market" which is irreplaceable for shopping is a market where a nice product can be found.

It is a place where you can enjoy a conversation with the people of the shop by negotiating a price etc., and it is a place where you can find souvenirs unique to Thailand so please come and visit when traveling in Bangkok.

  • Address: Kamphaengphet Rd, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
  • Access :
    Subway (MRT) Gum paenpet station 2 exit, approx. 1 minutes on foot
    Get off at BTS Mokhit station 1 exit, approx. 5 minutes on foot
  • Opening hours: From 9 time to around 18 time

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