Bogyoke has long been a centre for selling jade, rubies and other rare gems that come straight from Myanmar’s mines, while paintings and tailored fabrics spill into the stairways that lead to the tiny workshops where jewellery is crafted. The main walkway can be a bit unexciting, but is scented from sandalwood crafters and features plenty of art works.
Exploring the fringe of the market you’ll find clothing stores selling ethnic minority outfits as well as mainstream items, and the antique stores have such a plethora of odds and ends that you half-expect to find a mogwai-gremlin hiding within. Whole areas become claustrophobic labyrinths of head-high stacked fabrics in the east wing, and the west wing holds a warehouse of tailors who can fix almost anything on the spot for less than 1,000 kyat or copy your best fitting shirt or blouse within a week for 10,000 to 15,000 kyat.
Address : East D, Bogyoke AungSan Market, 11141, Pabedan, Township, Yangon 11141, Myanmar (Burma).
Map : https://goo.gl/maps/KgQwxiS2quRJQetq9
