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Guide to Buying Footwear, Sneakers and Shoes in Japan

Want to buy sneakers, shoes and other shoes in Japan but don't know how to order, what size to choose and how to buy it? In this article we have made a complete guide that will help you to buy your shoes in Japan at a great price and in the correct size.

If you're going to visit Japan, you can take advantage of great prices on branded shoes like Mizuno. A sneaker that in Brazil would cost 1200 you buy in Japan for half price. Just don't think it's going to be easy, prices usually vary a lot and you need a good research.

Guide to buying footwear, sneakers, and shoes in Japan

Japan shoe size

The first thing we need to know when buying shoes in Japan is their correct size. The table below shows the shoe size in Japan compared to Brazil. The acronyms JPM and JPF are the Japanese men's and women's sizes. CM for centimeters, MP for Mondopoint and Pol for inches.

BR JPM JPF CM PM in
33 21.5 21 22.8 228 9
33 22 21.5 23.1 231 9.1
34 22.5 22 23.5 235 9.4
35 23 22.5 23.8 238 9.4
35 23.5 23 24.1 241 9.5
36 24 23.5 24.5 245 9.6
36 24.5 24 24.8 248 9.8
37 25 24.5 25.1 251 9.9
38 25.5 25 25.4 254 10
39 26 25.5 25.7 257 10.1
40 26.5 26 26 260 10.3
41 27.5 27 26.7 267 10.5
42 28.5 28 27.3 273 10.8
43 29.5 29 27.9 279 11
44 30.5 30 28.6 286 11.8
46 31.5 31 29.2 292 11.5
Guide to buying footwear, sneakers, and shoes in Japan

Types of shoes in Japanese

The second thing we need to know is the Japanese footwear vocabulary for us to search either in a store or on a site like AmazonJP. Maybe researching shoes first on amazon will help you get an idea of the price of certain products, so here's the tip! Let us now list the types of shoes and shoes in Japanese.

Sandals sandal sandaru
High-heeled shoes ハイヒール haihiiru
Shoes Shoes shoes
Geta, (clogs, wooden footwear) geta geta
Slippers slipper surippa
Boots boots butsu
Boots 長靴 nagagutsu
Socks socks socks
japanese slipper 上履き Uwabaki
Tennis スニーカー suniikaa
boots 半長靴 hannagagutsu
Dress shoes, leather shoes 革靴 gawagutsu
waterproof shoes 雨靴 amagutsu
long boots ロングブーツ rongubutsu
climbing boots 登山靴 tozangutsu
Snow boots 雪靴 yukigutsu
Male shoes 紳士靴 shinshigutsu

Phrases related to buying shoes and footwear in Japan

To end the article, we are going to share some phrases that can help you buy your shoes in Japan. If you have any questions or tips, please leave your comments. If you liked the article share it with your friends, thank you and see you next time!

This is big for me. これは私には大きいかな Is it not too big?
Because the size doesn't fit, can I exchange it? サイズが合わないので、 取り替えてもらえますか The size is wrong, can I exchange it?
This is how much it costs. これはいくらですか How much does it cost?
[~] where are you located. [~]はどこにありますか Where is [~]?
It's just a lie. 見ているだけです。 I'm just looking
I will do this. これにします。 I will take this
Which one do you think is better. どちらがいいと思いますか。 Which one do you think is better?
I want to buy shoes 私は靴を買いたい。 I want to buy shoes.
What is the size of the shoe? 靴のサイズはどれくらいですか What shoe size do you wear?

Regardless of living in Japan or Brazil, a good alternative is to buy from the Great Amazon Japonesa.