
If Yogyakarta has Malioboro and Semarang with its Simpang lima, it may be said Cihampelas is typical of Bandung. If people call this name is imagined is one area of jeans with all the attributes and its crowd. Cihampelas itself seems to have established its self as one of the characteristics of the city of Bandung. Along Cihampelas Street in Bandung, it can be found many shops with unique architecture that characterized as showroom sales of various products, especially clothes so pants made of jeans material.This area is in addition to being centers of trade in Jeans is also one excellent shopping area of Bandung. This area is very crowded visited by visitors from outside Bandung, especially from the current public holidays or weekends. Along the way can be found Cihampelas other than apparel stores, there are several places selling souvenirs and traditional foods Bandung to By-by. If your trip to Bandung, one of the shopping center should not be missed is Cihampelas jeans.
The story of Cihampelas with its jeans has been known by everybody but then if the question arises, what kind of Cihampelas in past, how and why the people named it Cihampelas, one other knowledge of course. Know Cihampelas past, especially the initial formation of this region is inseparable from the history of the city of Bandung. In the reign of the Dutch East Indies, Cihampelas included in North Bandung area is conditioned for the settlement of Europeans. At that time the Romanesque style buildings stand Netherlands lot of this region.
Naming the area and roads with names Cihampelas taken based on the name of an existing swimming baths in this area, i.e. bathing pool Cihampelas. At the time of manufacture of the pool, there are many Hampelas trees around the place (a kind of rough leaved trees and can be used as a polisher). Sources of water used to fill the pool came from around the tree such Hampelas. The swimming pool is identical to the way this Cihampelas, is still used even though its form has changed over time progress. Approximately 1987 of one at a residential area of this system change hands either through purchase or lease. Movement of the hand turned out to mark the commencement of Cihampelas region as one place that characterizes the city of Bandung, other than as a region Cibaduyut shoes.
Cihampelas life has changed, because of tourism and tourism was not only to present the natural beauty or wealth of a region, but worthy of the entire potential sale. In its own region Cihampelas Jeans has started its boost with the establishment of a fruit shop in the same year. After the reaction felt good, then they invite our partners from the manufacturer and distributor to open a business in this place. The greater warns employers who want to open a store causes a lot of houses that used commercially.
Road Cihampelas now never empty. Entering this area is like entering the region are full of fairy tales. How not, if each store using the name that often reminds us of the heroic figures like Superman, Rambo, Ultraman or too Broom Sticks, Matches Fire, Butterfly until Maharani. of course all of these aims to attract buyers. Comparing past and present Cihampelas crowd was much different. Around the 1990s, is booming with industry Cihampelas jeans. As the attractiveness of visitors, nearly every shop or outlet they put forward creations showcased its exterior design. There is an old car put on top of his store with a design as if the car is just sticking his head smashed into the walls of the front of the store.
In this area you can spend all the need for pants and jeans outfit from materials at an affordable price. Each weekend, jeans Cihampelas center is always crowded and full of tourists. Once you exit the toll Pasteur gate, about one kilometer you’ve arrived at the center of jeans Cihampelas. A wide jeans store with the entire interesting decor such as superhero characters, there are many along the way Cihampelas. They are trying to attract visitors with all the attributes of the decor and of course discount for those who are shopping at the store jeans.