WELCOME TO THE HOME OF HANDICRAFT : JH TRADING & VINCE GALLERY SDN BHD

In Kota Kinabalu, these are the two shop that offer variety of styles on the handmade accessories. Each shop has its own trademark, yet assure satisfaction to those who loves creative arts for collection and to bring home as a souvenir as well.

Basically, we found out that local (or import) accessories has no different in market. Handicraft and jewelries accessories in Sabah has competitive advantage with the help of tourism industry sectors and also supported by local people to promote the accessories in Sabah.

VALUE PROPOSITION : UNIQUE & BENEFIT

JH TRADING 

In JH Trading, most of the accessories are Asian's made. From bead's bracelet to earings, JH Trading also sells shirts mostly from different countries. The prices are also affordable for all types of buyers. Let the pictures talk!

They offer a discount on every purchase above RM200.00, where the next item will be 20% off!

   VINCE GALLERY SDN BHD

Different from JH Trading, Vince Gallery has more higher price range where it can reach to 5k! But, do not simply judge the price until you come and see the product itself. It's resemble what beauty of mother nature truly means!

This shop offer buy 1 free 1 on selected items such as woodcraft mask, wood guitar and those tags in red (basically the price at RM1,000 at least). Most of their customer come for the woodcraft and it has been their trademark for years!

OPERATION HOURS

Both shops open at 10 am and close at 9 pm.

 HOW TO GET THERE ?

Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) serves the city of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located about 8 km southwest of the city center. It is the second busiest airport in Malaysia.

From the airport, there are 3 ways to reach this local handmade accessories in Kota Kinabalu, which is by cab, car rental, and tourism coach bus. The fees of transportation is listed below for KKIA ( Terminal 1)

Level 1 for arrivals, Level 2 for mainly airline offices and within-Sabah departures, and Level 3 for International and Sarawak / West Malaysia departures.

Public Transport

• Taxis and the relatively new Airport Bus (RM5 to town) is the choice of transport from Terminal 1 (both can be used for transfers between terminals as well);

• Standard rate from the airport to the town centre is RM30 per taxi (up to 4 people, more for the 7 seaters);

• Buy a coupon from the kiosk on Level 1 (next to Arrival Hall 2 exit) before proceeding to the taxi rank outside.

• Try your luck with the MyTeksi App for taxis when you’re out and about in Kota Kinabalu and Sabah;

If you want it even cheaper, walk out to the main road and catch a public minibus for around RM 1.50 to town;

• However, you have to walk the roughly 500m from the terminal to the main road;

• Cut straight trough the parking lot and follow the path to the main road (stay off the grass, it’s soggy);

• Without crossing the road, flag any bus – they all go to town;

• Lots of luggage might be a problem, but if you’re up for doing this I trust you’ll make it work;

Car Hire
Kota Kinabalu International Airport’s Terminal 1 has 4 car rental companies, all located on Level 1, renting cars as small as 660cc from RM90 per day, up to vans and minibuses.

Kota Kinabalu International Airport’s Terminal 2 is a Low Cost Carrier Terminal built specifically to facilitate first AirAsia and later other low cost airlines such as TigerAir, JetStar and Cebu Pacific.

Public Transport

Ever present taxis and the new RM5-per-trip airport bus are options from T2 (both can be used for transfers between terminals as well). You could also still walk out the roughly 800m to the main road and catch a normal, purple-bottomed, public bus to town for roughly RM2, but honestly, for RM3 extra the airport bus is the way to go.

• Standard taxi rate from the airport to the town centre is RM35 (up to 4 people);

• Buy a coupon from the kiosk at the terminal’s exit before proceeding to the taxi rank outside.

• For destinations other than the centre of town, refer to our transport section.

• The RM5 bus is pretty regular at 1-hour intervals;

• Alternatively, you can walk from the terminal out to the main road (5 – 10 mins) and flag reasonably regular buses from there for a wee bit less;

• While out-and-about in Kota Kinabalu, try the MyTeksi App for what should be easy taxi ordering;

Car Hire

To the left of the arrivals exit there are 3 car rental desks next to each other with similar offers at similar prices;

If you are on your first trip to Kota Kinabalu, here is a simple map for you to know basically where are the most popular tourist destination in town!

Do not leave the town for nothing! We suggest you to buy some souvenirs from the two shops mentioned above. It's worth the money, we can tell! Direction as shown below :

DIRECTION TO THE SHOP

J.H TRADING (GPS : Latitude 5.980516 Longitude 116.07273199999997)

VINCE GALLERY SDN BHD (GPS : Latitude 5.978877 Longitude 116.07099199999993)

No worry, if you are not sure of the location, you can simply ask the local citizen and they will surely help you through!