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Ruifeng Night Market opens five nights a week, right next to Kaohsiung Arena

Street Environment 7.0 · Convenience 7.6

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01First impressions

Ruifeng Night Market runs five nights a week, with stalls set up along Yucheng Road and Nanping Road, right across Nanping Road from Sanmin Home Economics and Commercial Vocational High School. The night market sits right next to the Kaohsiung Arena commercial area—the Arena holds 15,000 people, and it's just a short walk from Kaohsiung Arena MRT Station. About 62,000 people live in the neighborhoods around the night market and the Arena, and they're a bit younger than Kaohsiung as a whole: 18.9% are 65 or older here, compared to 21.4% citywide.

02What works

For convenience, this neighborhood ranks 4th out of Kaohsiung's 13 neighborhoods—you've got Hanshin Arena Shopping Plaza attached to the Arena for shopping and eating, plus the night market in the evenings. You won't need to travel far for medical care either; it ranks 5th for healthcare. Kaohsiung Arena Station on the MRT Red Line is right in the neighborhood, with no transfers needed heading north to Zuoying or south to Kaohsiung Main Station; Aozihdi Station is just next door in the Nong 16 neighborhood. For schools, the Mingcheng Li side has Minghua Junior High School.

03Heads-up

If you live near the Yucheng Road/Nanping Road intersection, you'll need to get used to crowds on the nights the market's open. On days when there's an event at the Arena, the MRT station gets more crowded than usual. Street environment ranks 7th, which is middling for Kaohsiung. School zoning is also worth watching closely—the Shengli Elementary School zone ties together li (neighborhoods) from both Zuoying and Gushan Districts. The whole neighborhood also covers the school zones for four elementary schools—Longhua, Shengli, Xinzhuang, and Xinshang—so you'll need to check li by li when house-hunting.

04A bit of history

Ruifeng Night Market got its start in the early 1980s, when four vendors set up stalls on Ruifeng Street in Gushan District—that's where the name comes from. It later moved to Qingfeng Street and then Huaxia Road before finally settling into its current spot around Yucheng Road and Nanping Road. The MRT Red Line opened in March 2008. Kaohsiung Arena opened that same September.

Compiled by TidyMap with AI from public sources · updated 2026-10 · 5 sources

Scores

Compared with the 13 Kaohsiung neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)

Street Environment7.0No. 7
Cleanliness8.0No. 9
Buildings6.4No. 7
Sidewalks6.8No. 7
Greenery6.6No. 7
Convenience7.6No. 4
Transit7.2No. 7
Everyday shopping7.5No. 6
Healthcare8.8No. 5

What's here

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  • Kaohsiung ArenaKaohsiung Arena opened in 2008 and can seat up to 15,000 people.
  • Ruifeng Night MarketRuifeng Night Market is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Kaohsiung Arena StationKaohsiung Arena Station sits on the MRT Red Line.

Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.

90 blocks · 6 villages · Data version 2026-10-24

How are these measured?

Compared against the Kaohsiung neighborhoods in this guide; metrics without enough data are not ranked. Shopping counts convenience stores plus the nearer of a supermarket or a traditional market (public and private retail markets); night markets, vendor zones and shopping-street shops are not counted. Transit is rail-first with a lower weight for buses.

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