Tanah Abang Jakarta

Tanah Abang the place to shop for garment and textiles much like Mangga Dua but personally I feel its cheaper here. It is located in central Jakarta at the end of Jln Wahid Hasyim. This is the place where shop owners buy ready to wear clothes or textiles in bulk. Most of the stores sell a minimum of three pieces per clothes type but if you go to the basement level they can still sell n single piece with more expensive price (but still cheap). Tanah Abang offers you a choice to shop at the traditional flea market or the convenient air conditioned building. Both are less expensive than the regular malls downtown. A few years back the place use to be a cocoon of bazaars which was hot but they have built a big tall building to house most of the scattered shops and they are now housed in a large aircond building so you can shop in comfort. Early morning is the best time to go, as the day goes by you can expect the whole complex to be crowded as this is the textile centre where the local traders go to.