Discover world’s most inconvenient convenience store perched on the side of a cliff!

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2 years ago Robin

The Shiniuzhai Scenic Area in southern China’s Hunan Province is home to the world’s most inconvenient convenience store… a tiny wooden hut perched on the side of a vertical cliff, 120 meters above ground!
Located right next to a via ferrata, Italian for “iron way”, that visitors can navigate using iron handrails, horizontal ladders, and fixed cables, the peculiar two-square-meter shop used to be a rock climbing hut where climbers could rest midway through their ascent up the cliff.
However, a few years ago, it was converted into this very unusual convenience store that provides visitors with free water, as long as they have their own refillable water containers, as well as mooncakes, sodas, juices, and other light refreshments for a price.
The hanging convenience store serves tourists during the busy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, giving them the chance to hydrate and take their minds off of the climb.
The small wooden store can only accommodate one person inside at a time. When it’s time to restock, employees use a rope to pull the supplies from the ground.

Shiniuzhai is known for its hilly landscape, which offers breathtaking views and a collection of thrilling mountain-based activities.
It’s also home to Haohan Qiao, or “Brave Men’s Bridge,” which, upon opening in 2015, was China’s first glass-bottomed bridge.
The name Shiniuzhai, literally “stone ox village” in Chinese, was inspired by one of the hills, which is shaped like the back of an ox.
The store sparked a buzz when it opened in 2018 after a year of construction.