Today’s featured writer is South Korean travel blogger Juno Kim, also known as Runaway Juno. We love her sense of adventure, carefree spirit and passion for the arts– and hope you will too!
There is no question: Hong Kong is an artistic city.
As a girl from a big city, I thought I could skip the ‘urban’ part and explore the hiking trails and beaches. But I underrated its unique artistic character before I visited. Yes, Hong Kong is the eighth most populated city in the world and is a concrete jungle, but the buildings are one of a kind.
The famous Hong Kong skyline is filled with important modern architecture and is home to artists and street art. You can stumble upon its European influences, which are still alive in the city today. In every corner of the city, you’ll run into graffiti, antiques and uniquely designed buildings.
These are my original photos of art in Hong Kong.
Street Art
President Obama as Superman at Stanley Market
Street art near Hollywood Road
Street art near Sha Tin
Street art near Sha Tin
Street art on Hollywood Road
Street mural near Bank of China
Street art near Hollywood Road
Waterfront art in Lamma Island
‘Stop consuming’ message in Lamma Island
Everywhere Art
New Year’s decorations in Hong Kong
The Peninsula Hotel’s holiday decorations
A mural made of toast at the world’s first ‘art shopping mall’ at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Unique bar at Soho
The world’s most creative TV channel guide, at the JW Marriott Hong Kong
Is Hong Kong the capital of artistic metro stations?
The artsy Mongkok Metro station
Occupy HSBC is covered in art
About the writer
Runaway Juno
South Korea’s leading travel blogger, Juno Kim, writes under the handle Runaway Juno. She has hiked, camped and photographed her way across Asia, North America and New Zealand.
A lover of craft beer and street art, Juno calls Seoul home (in the rare moments when she isn’t traveling). We first met Juno several years ago on Twitter and have been loyal followers ever since!
Follow Juno’s adventures on the Runaway Juno blog, Facebook page or Twitter feed (@RunawayJuno).
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Cool! I always love checking out the street art in whichever new city I’m in. Nice ones!
Great pictures, Juno! The art you took pictures of are pretty cool!
These are stunning and are fantastic pics! Shaun and I were just talking about Hong Kong and how excited we were to visit it one day.
Nice!
Wow! That toast art is mindblowing!!!!
LOVe the channel listing on a roll up bamboo mat!
I know– very creative TV guide!
These are great, I love the Obama/superman one.
Thanks! We love Juno’s photos too 🙂
Interesting how important John Lennon is even more than 30 years after his death. There are more John Lennon images here than Obama.
I don’t recall seeing non-commercial street art with John Lennon in NYC recently. Maybe his legacy is strongest in Hong Kong 😉
Have to say that I love the Lennon images…who knew HK had so much street art?
Seriously! John Lennon’s legacy clearly lives on in Hong Kong 🙂