Long Life Garden Hong Kong

Long Life Garden in Kowloon, Hong Kong is a shop specializing in traditional Chinese herbal medicines.

Popular with tours of Japanese tourists, Long Life Garden offers demonstrations of its medicinal products often extracted from various creatures including sea horses (see above) and plants such as ginseng and garlic.

Rows of jars line the wooden shelves of the store which is a delight to wander.

Long Life Garden
308, Canton Road, G/F
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2730 1202

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