HONG KONG -- In June, 20-year-old Tara Wan and her boyfriend rented a shop in one of Hong Kong's premier retail districts, Causeway Bay. The space costs them just 6,000 Hong Kong dollars ($768) a month, and rather than peddling merchandise, they have installed arcade games known as claw machines.
Claw machine, or UFO catcher, shops are cropping up in Hong Kong's premier retail districts like Causeway Bay, left and Mong Kok, right. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Peggy Ye)
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