{
  "schema": "landometer.citywiki.article/v1",
  "id": "ff64f2e9-8739-47d1-ac1b-9240d70089ed",
  "slug": "sam-peng",
  "url": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/sam-peng?lang=en",
  "json": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/sam-peng.json",
  "language": "en",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-25T16:46:50.215664+07:00",
  "indexedBySearch": true,
  "pendingBeforeIndexing": [
    "The page's English name is spelled the way its content spells it.",
    "Passed the two-step human review (geography and evidence, then page quality)."
  ],
  "place": {
    "nameEn": "Sam Peng",
    "nameTh": "สำเพ็ง",
    "province": "Bangkok",
    "country": "Thailand",
    "geoNote": "A trade neighbourhood around Wanit 1 in Samphanthawong district.",
    "pronunciation": "sam-peng"
  },
  "quickAnswer": "Sampheng (สำเพ็ง) here means the working trade neighbourhood centred on Wanit 1 Road (ถนนวานิช 1), including the names Saphan Han (สะพานหัน) and Hua Met (หัวเม็ด) that appear with it in the district trade plan. Come with a specific material or product in mind: the documented categories include fabrics, glass, jewellery, gifts, leather goods, bags and shoes, but no source guarantees a particular seller, price or stock. Wat Chakrawat Ratchawat Woramahawihan (วัดจักรวรรดิราชาวาสวรมหาวิหาร), Luen Rit Community (ชุมชนเลื่อนฤทธิ์) and the Tang To Kang Gold Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์ห้างทองตั้งโต๊ะกัง) add history without changing the main reason to come: trade. There is no reliable fixed duration because purchasing pace and current opening patterns vary.",
  "truthStatement": "Sampheng brings several named trade lanes together, with Wanit 1 handling leather goods, bags and shoes inside a wider system of fabrics, glass, jewellery and gifts.",
  "boundary": {
    "headline": "What Sampheng means here",
    "definitionNote": "Sampheng here means the working trade neighbourhood around Wanit 1, within the approximate story boundary linking the Saphan Han and Hua Met end of the trading lanes with sites around Chakrawat and Ratchawong roads. It does not mean the whole of Samphanthawong district or every place marketed as part of Yaowarat. Nihonmachi Japanese Mall (นีฮอนมาชิ เจแปนนิส มอลล์), despite appearing in the tourism subset, is on Sukhumvit 26 and is not part of Sampheng."
  },
  "fit": {
    "summary": "Good for focused buyers and readers interested in how a long-running trade neighbourhood works.",
    "roles": [
      "Fabric and craft buyers",
      "Bag and shoe buyers",
      "Trade-history readers"
    ]
  },
  "misfit": {
    "summary": "Less ideal for anyone who needs a predictable route, guaranteed stock or dependable step-free continuity.",
    "roles": [
      "Wheelchair users needing a checked path",
      "Unhurried street photographers"
    ]
  },
  "practical": {
    "estimatedBudget": "Food entries up to ฿100; purchases vary",
    "recommendedDuration": "Purpose-led visit; no fixed duration"
  },
  "bestTime": [],
  "route": {
    "intro": "Treat these as independent choices, not a promised circuit. Choose the trade lanes first, then add one or two heritage stops whose current access and opening can be checked on the day.",
    "stops": [
      {
        "name": "Saphan Han (สะพานหัน)",
        "role": "Understand the western name",
        "headline": "A bridge name that became a shopping-area name"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wanit 1 Road, Sampheng Lane (ถนนวานิช 1, สำเพ็ง)",
        "role": "Follow the main trade lane",
        "headline": "Leather goods, bags and shoes meet retail and wholesale"
      },
      {
        "name": "Luen Rit Community (ชุมชนเลื่อนฤทธิ์)",
        "role": "Read the community history",
        "headline": "Fabric trade inside conserved shop-houses"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wat Chakrawat Ratchawat Woramahawihan (วัดจักรวรรดิราชาวาสวรมหาวิหาร)",
        "role": "Pause at the temple",
        "headline": "An older temple beside the trade streets"
      },
      {
        "name": "Tang To Kang Gold Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์ห้างทองตั้งโต๊ะกัง)",
        "role": "Look up at the gold-shop building",
        "headline": "Goldworking tools above a Wanit 1 shop"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wat Lokanukroh (วัดโลกานุเคราะห์)",
        "role": "Find a different strand of worship",
        "headline": "A Mahayana temple founded by Chinese and Vietnamese merchants"
      }
    ]
  },
  "faqs": [
    {
      "a": "No. The district plan names Sampheng, Saphan Han and Hua Met together as a trade system, while Wanit 1 is a street associated with retail and wholesale activity.",
      "q": "Is Sampheng one market building?"
    },
    {
      "a": "The documented categories include fabrics, glass, jewellery, gifts, leather goods, bags and shoes. They describe the trade area, not guaranteed stock in a particular shop.",
      "q": "What can I buy in Sampheng?"
    },
    {
      "a": "BEM identifies three Wat Mangkon exits and provides lifts and ramps at each, but a continuous route from an exit to Wanit 1 has not been established here. Check a live map and the crossing conditions before leaving the station.",
      "q": "Which Wat Mangkon exit goes to Sampheng?"
    },
    {
      "a": "No. A source places Nihonmachi Japanese Mall on Sukhumvit 26, outside this destination. Its appearance in the tourism subset is a location mismatch.",
      "q": "Is Nihonmachi Japanese Mall part of Sampheng?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Current operation is not guaranteed. Check the place that matters to you before travelling, especially Tang To Kang Gold Museum and the named food stalls.",
      "q": "Are the museum, temples and food venues open now?"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "The boundary is an approximate editorial area, not a legal or administrative boundary.",
    "Current shop stock, prices, food-stall operation, temple access and museum entry should be checked before travelling.",
    "The station exits are documented, but the step-free route from Wat Mangkon station to Wanit 1 remains unresolved."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "publisher": "Samphanthawong District Office, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration",
      "title": "FY2026 Samphanthawong District Action Plan",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/public/user_files_editor/72/ita/2026/04/plan2569.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Sampheng, Saphan Han and Hua Met as linked trade names; fabrics, glass, jewellery and gifts; Wanit 1 leather goods, bags, shoes and retail–wholesale activity."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre",
      "title": "Sampheng community profile",
      "url": "https://wikicommunity.sac.or.th/community/2567",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Destination identity, Sampheng’s wider community boundary and its early Chinese settlement and shop-house history."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre",
      "title": "Luen Rit community profile",
      "url": "https://wikicommunity.sac.or.th/community/513",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Khunying Luen, shop-house development, Hakka and Indian trading history, fabric commerce, restoration and archaeological finds."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bangkok Expressway and Metro",
      "title": "Blue Line — Wat Mangkon station",
      "url": "https://metro.bemplc.co.th/Line-Maps?Line=1&Station=29&lang=en",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Wat Mangkon station, three exits, exit landmarks, lifts, ramps and escalator provision."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Tourism dataset",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null,
      "supports": "Wat Chakrawat history, Tang To Kang building and museum detail, Wat Lokanukroh association, Luen Rit community entry and the mismatched Nihonmachi attraction entry."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Restaurant dataset",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null,
      "supports": "Fifteen restaurant total, named food venues and price bands up to ฿100."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Esan108",
      "title": "Wat Lokanukroh",
      "url": "https://esan108.com/place/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Mahayana identity and the account of Chinese and Vietnamese merchants founding the worship site late in Rama III’s reign."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wikimedia Foundation",
      "title": "Saphan Han",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saphan_Han",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Bridge location, the origin of the Saphan Han name and its relationship to Wanit 1 and Hua Met."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wikimedia Foundation",
      "title": "Tang To Kang Gold Shop",
      "url": "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Wanit 1 location, seven-floor building, Garuda emblem and upper-floor gold museum."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "JCB",
      "title": "Tsubohachi at Nihonmachi Japanese Mall",
      "url": "https://www.specialoffers.jcb/mm/offers/detail/A-00012339-05-2304/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Nihonmachi Japanese Mall’s Sukhumvit 26 location, establishing that it is outside Sampheng."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wikimedia Commons",
      "title": "Tang To Kang Gold Shop photograph by Chainwit",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87_%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5_2563_01.jpg",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Hero image, photographer credit and CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse licence."
    }
  ],
  "image": {
    "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87_%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5_2563_01.jpg",
    "alt": "ห้างทองตั้งโต๊ะกัง เยาวราช",
    "author": "Chainwit.",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87_%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5_2563_01.jpg"
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