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IrishMark
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 Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject: Clothes, to bring or buy there?? |
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| Hey, I'm off to teach in Northern Honshu in 2 months and don't know whether to buy a years supply of clothes hear and send them out or buy them there. Sizes should be okay in Japan, but I don't know about prices. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: Clothes, to bring or buy there?? |
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| IrishMark wrote: |
| Hey, I'm off to teach in Northern Honshu in 2 months and don't know whether to buy a years supply of clothes hear and send them out or buy them there. Sizes should be okay in Japan, but I don't know about prices. |
Becuase of weight restrictions on your airline baggage you are advised to bring clothes for the next three months and get the rest shipped to you later in the year. You will pay a bundle in excess baggage over 20 kilos and those heavy sweaters and thick clothes will add to the weight very quickly. You can pick up clothes cheaply enough in bargain sales and you can get suits as low as $100. |
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Gordon
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Don't worry. Prices here aren't too bad. I have found Japan surprisingly cheaper than I thought it would be. There are cheap discount stores (like Uniqlo) that have decent looking (IMO) clothes for good prices. Unless you are really overweight, clothes will fit and/or have big feet (11 or 12 US size).
I hear designer clothes are expensive in Japan. |
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bearcat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Clothes, to bring or buy there?? |
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| PAULH wrote: |
| IrishMark wrote: |
| Hey, I'm off to teach in Northern Honshu in 2 months and don't know whether to buy a years supply of clothes hear and send them out or buy them there. Sizes should be okay in Japan, but I don't know about prices. |
Becuase of weight restrictions on your airline baggage you are advised to bring clothes for the next three months and get the rest shipped to you later in the year. You will pay a bundle in excess baggage over 20 kilos and those heavy sweaters and thick clothes will add to the weight very quickly. You can pick up clothes cheaply enough in bargain sales and you can get suits as low as $100. |
I've paid about 70-100 bucks for an extra bag (duffle size) to bring extra clothes or stuff back when Ive gone back for vacation etc. Price depends on the airline and weight usually.
As far as costs are concerned. I truly would worry on sizes first. Unless you're a pretty small feller in height n girth, you're gonna have issues.
You can get dress shirts easy enough here for 1000 yen or less if the sizes are right. Or 2000-4000 if you need larger.
Shoes, dress shoes will be 3000-10,000. Last I bought were 8000 here. 28's or 29's in shoe size here are considered harder to find... 30 or bigger you're usually gonna have to special order from overseas.
Dress pants here are comparable to back home though here you might have to buy them unaltered and have them altered for leg size... just how they do it here.
casual clothes run the gambit. Uniqlo and Daie are cheap for em and comparable to home as well.
You're gonna be in northern honshu but you didn't say where so you could also run into a situation of lack of shopping choices. People in larger cities wont have that issue. |
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ToraGal
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: U will be fine |
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I think its a huge misconception about clothing in japan.
I'm an average girl... not tiny Japanese size for sure... and I did just fine.
There are soo many cheap clothing stores i found as well. * we called the one in our town Winners as a nick name**
Even my friend who was HUGE... im talking... 6'6 tall... found clothes... no lie...
As a lady with size ten feet... that was abit of a struggle... they made shoes for my feet... but damn they were ugly... lol, but if i was desperate, i had that option.
anyhoot, i suggest save ur loot on the extra weight, and have fun shopping in JAPAN!!! its fun, i still get made raves about about my clothes that I got from there.
cheers... |
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bearcat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:35 am Post subject: Re: U will be fine |
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| ToraGal wrote: |
I think its a huge misconception about clothing in japan.
I'm an average girl... not tiny Japanese size for sure... and I did just fine.
There are soo many cheap clothing stores i found as well. * we called the one in our town Winners as a nick name**
Even my friend who was HUGE... im talking... 6'6 tall... found clothes... no lie...
As a lady with size ten feet... that was abit of a struggle... they made shoes for my feet... but damn they were ugly... lol, but if i was desperate, i had that option.
anyhoot, i suggest save ur loot on the extra weight, and have fun shopping in JAPAN!!! its fun, i still get made raves about about my clothes that I got from there.
cheers... |
Its not a huge misconception. Certain sizes and body shapes here that are common in the west have a tough time finding the right clothes. For women there may be more flexibility (as variety as well is larger of course) but for guys it becomes more of a chore.
And as you stated, shoes are an issue. |
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