Apart from culture and a rich heritage, there is much on offer when shopping in Jogjakarta. The main shopping street in Jogjakarta is Malioboro Street, which is bustling with tourists, street vendors and street food night and day. The street's nightly street food culture is especially popular. You'll find a concentration of budget hotels and shops in Jogjakarta around Malioboro Street and in the neighbouring Sosrowijayan Street.

Malio Street is packed with tourists and the sights and sounds of vendors and street food all day and into the night, against the backdrop of the market and malls.

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For hints and tips on where to go and what's on offer take a look at our Jogjakarta shopping guide. While shopping check out the Jogjakarta restaurants you may want to stop at for lunch or dinner. Our Indonesia shopping guide provides more general information on what to buy on a holiday in Indonesia.

Jogjakarta Shopping Guide

Jalan Malioboro has many sidewalks filled with vendors displaying their wares against the backdrop of the market and the malls. This place primarily caters to tourists. The market of Jalan Solo is further north and is preferred by the locals. South of Malioboro lies another local market - Beringharjo. By and large, Jogjakarta is best known for its silverware, leather puppets used for wayang kulit or shadow play, and batik dyed fabric with typical Javanese motifs. Music lovers can pick up gamelan music from here including the Gamelan Jogjakarta, which was the music that entertained the royals and took shape in the courts.

Jogjakarta is the creative mecca of many underground art forms like indie filmmakers, musicians, performers and visual artists. One such underground genre that is very well know internationally, but rarely heard of within the country, is the Taring Padi community of Bantul. They make posters using the unique technique of cukil. Jogjakarta is full of unusual things. The most classic among them all are batik prints, wayang puppets, sculpture, silverware and bright ceramics.

Malioboro

Malioboro is a popular street for shopping in Jogjakarta thronging with tourists and Indonesians. The different sections worth visiting are Pasar Beringharjo or the Berignharjo marketplace. In local parlance, Berignharjo means slanted land. It is the biggest marketplace in Jogjakarta and vendors here sell vegetables, fruits, meats as well as unique handicrafts. Opposite this market is Mirota Batik, which is a large family owned shop that displays and retails handicrafts not only from Jogjakarta but from different parts of Indonesia. Dagadu or the lower ground floor in Malioboro Mall is packed with contemporary t-shirts and other souvenirs designed in typical Javanese style to reflect the local culture.

Shopping Malls

The city has its fare share of trendy complexes for shopping in Jogjakarta pretty much like Jakarta though not on the same scale. This alternate side is quite popular with tourists and locals alike. The Malioboro Mall is one such air-conditioned mall where you can relax and shop in comfort. You'll find the large departmental store Matahari, the Hero supermarket on B1F, the Periplus book store with its dedicated section on English books, and several Western and Indonesian fast food joints such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Es Teler 77 and more.

The Galleria Mall features Matahari and a few more stores in its compact environs. Like in most cities, you'll find many youngsters in the food courts here. Whatever be your taste in food, when it comes to eating out in Jogjakarta you can take your pick from Thai Express, McDonald's Express, KFC, Bakso Gress, which serves Chinese meatballs and noodles, and many other eateries.

Another local supermarket is the Plaza Ambarrukmo or Amplaz next to the Ambarrukmo Hotel. The five floors of shopping here include Carrefour Hypermarket, Centro Department Store, Gramedia Bookstore, 21 Cineplex, Starbucks, Timezone, Bread Talk and Dagadu amongst many more. The third floor is dedicated entirely to food. Saphir Square next to Saphir Hotel is another mall with small shops. Shops on the first floor sell imitation Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Guess goods.

Local Handicrafts

By and large, the entire city of Jogjakarta is full of local handicrafts. However, if you are specifically focused on traditional handicrafts, the Saptohoedojo Art Gallery has a large selection of Indonesian art that includes abstracts, modern paintings, batik wear, gamelan instruments, stuffed tigers, Papuan tribal totems and skulls. The walls here depict famous visitors like the Dalai Lama and Pope John Paul II.

Tjokrosuharto, another favoured boutique, opened for business in 1954 and is going strong even today. It offers a fine selection of items depicting Javanese culture like wayang kulit or leather puppets, wayang golet or wooden puppets, silver items, batik, keris, sculptures and traditional garments.

Shopping Places

Galeria Mall

Here you can find many options of things to buy. Start from dresses, watches, shoes to food courts on the top floor.

Address : Jl. Sudirman

Jogjatronik Mall

In this mall, you can find many electronis stuff such as Television, DVD players, Audio System, washing machine and many more electronic stuffs.

Address : Jl. Brigjen Katamso 75-77, Gondomanan, Yogyakarta.

Malioboro Mall

Malioboro Mall is very popular among young adult and teenagers since this place is packed full of interesting items, starting from fashion to the delicious cuisine in the food court. The rate is also cheaper than any other malls in Jogja.

Address : Jl. Malioboro

Mirota Kampus Department Store

If you are looking for clothes, dresses or accessories, this is the right place to go. You can also find many household and dairy needs.

Address : Jl. C. Simanjuntak 70 dan Jl. Yogya-Solo km7 Babarsari.

Plaza Ambarrukmo

Like any other malls and department stores, Plaza Ambarrukmo also provides many options, such as fashion & style, accessories, healthy equipment, dairy needs and also restaurants, which provide delicious cuisine.

Address : Jl. Solo

Saphir Square

This place is easy to be reached from many ways in Jogjakarta. Like any other malls and departement stores, this place is also offer lots of stuffs, start from kids stuffs to adult stuffs. Souvenirs of Jogja can also be found here.

Address : Jl. Solo.

Gardena

Gardena is one of many department stores and supermarkets in Jogjakarta. Here, you can buy food, dairy needs, clothes and many others.

Address : Jl. Urip Sumoharjo

Ramai Family Mall

Why this mall been named Ramai Family Mall, because it full of families coming here, either to spent their weekend or go for shopping. This mall also provide kid's playground, so that they can give their children a little bit fun.

Address : Jl. Ahmad Yani

Shopping in Jogjakarta