Large-size shoes for foreigners - Where to find them in Tokyo

Poste date: Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Tokyo is one of the leading fashion capitals with many popular and fashionable shoe stores.

Although you will find plenty of good quality shoes in stores, many foreigners have a difficult time finding shoes that can fit them. Westerns tend to have bigger feet than Japanese people. Shoes that are over 25 centimeters for women and over 28 centimeters for men will be very challenging to find in shoe stores.

Shoe size

The size unit for shoes in Japan is centimeters (cm). Not many countries use this unit but it is easy to understand as it only indicates the length of the shoe.

Here we show you a chart of different shoe sizes for different countries and introduce you to shoe stores which sale large-shoes.

Ladies Shoes

Ladies shoe size in each counties

UK	3	3½	4	4½	5	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8
US	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½
EU	35½	36	37	37½	38	38½	39	40	40½	41	42
JP	22	22.5	23	23.5	24	24.5	25	25.5	26	26.5	27

DIANA	DIANA has their main store in Ginza. It is known for their trendy and fashionable shoes handling from comfortable flats to gorgeous heels. Large sizes are available. Ginza Main Store: 6-9-6 Ginza Chuo-Ku Tokyo Harajuku Store: 1-8-6 Jingumae Shibuya-Ku Tokyo http://www.dianashoes.jp/us/guide/j138/flagship.aspx Online Shop:http://www.dianashoes.jp/us/c/dianashoes For people who reside in foreign countries.
WASHINGTON	Here you can find elegant to basic high quality shoes. Beautiful silhouette, fine texture, and comfortableness is their style. http://www.washington-shoe.co.jp (Japanese) Ginza Washington Ginza Main Store: 5-7-7 Ginza Chuo-Ku Tokyo WASHINGTON L (Large size specialty Store): Nishi-Ginza B1F 4-1 Ginza Chuo-Ku Tokyo Guide of WASHINGTON L: https://www.washington-shoe.co.jp/shoplist/ (Japanese)
ORiental TRaffic	This store offers 22 cm - 26 cm shoes. Known for their comfortable shoes, there are many stores in Tokyo. Online store is also available. http://www.orientaltraffic.com/ (Japanese) Meiji Jingu-Mae Store: R&T Saito Building 1F 1-14-25 Jingumae Shibuya-Ku Tokyo Shibuya Marui Store: Shibuya Marui 2F 1-22-6 Jinnan Shibuya-Ku Tokyo Lumine Yurakucho Store: Lumine Yurakucho 6F 2-5-1 Yurakucho Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo Tokyo Dome City La Aqua Store: La Aqua 3F 1-1-1 Kasuga Bunkyo-Ku Tokyo More stores:www.orientaltraffic.com/shop/category/area/kantou/tokyo/ (Japanese)
Tulsa Time	You can find many cute shoes that are 24.5 or larger. Sugita Building 2F Takaban Meguro-Ku Tokyo http://www.tulsatime.co.jp/ (Japanese)

ZARA & H&M are foreign brands so they offer larger sizes than most Japanese shoe stores.

ZARA Stores: http://www.zara.com/jp/en/

H&M Stores: http://www2.hm.com/en_cn/customer-service/shopping-at-hm/store-locator.html#

MEN Shoes

Men shoe size in each countries

UK	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12
US	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12	13	14
EU	40½	41	42	42½	43	44	44½	45	46	46½	47
JP	26	26.5	27	27.5	28	28.5	29	29.5	30	31	32

ABC Mart	This is a well-known chain store for shoes in Japan. They always have the biggest selection with different varieties of shoes. You can also find limited editions here in this store. Online shop for Large size shoes: http://abc-mart.net/shop/ (Japanese)
Kutsu no Hikari	A large size shoe specialty store. Offers many styles from sneakers to business shoes. Kawasaki Main Store: Arbira Kawasaki 1F 7-1 Ogawacho Kawasaki-Shi Kanagawa-Ken Okachimachi Store: 3-9-1 Ueno Taito-Ku Tokyo Online shop: http://www.kutsunohikari.co.jp/ (Japanese)
big-b	Offers top-class large shoes for men. Most staff are veterans working in the industry for many years. Tokai Building 1F 2-4-2 Nishi-Gotanda Shinagawa-ku Tokyo http://www.big-b.jp/ (Japanese)
BROSENT	Located in Meguro, this shoe store has many foreign clients who have big shoe size.　You can order high grade and quality shoes up to 29cm in size. Tokai Building 1F 2-4-2 Nishi-Gotanda Shinagawa-ku Tokyo http://www.brosentshoes.com/ (Japanese)