I found this next handy chart produced by Misawa Air Base (click to make larger):
. I haven’t been maternity shopping on the island (and don’t expect to), but if someone does go, I’d love to post your finds! I’m sure there are other expecting mothers who’d love to know where you’re getting your local clothes.
And if I haven’t addressed your size, I also found a clothing converter:
Happy shopping!
Just be sure to take this info with a big grain of salt- I was a size 4-6, XS/S back in the States, and here I am a L/XL! I tried on a pair of shorts that were the biggest size the store had (that I could find). The waist was plenty big, but the hips/butt area was not.
San A oustide Foster’s commissary gate has a decent sized “plus size” section that has trendy Japanese fashions for the more mature American figure! It’s on the bottom floor, in one of the corner areas. I dig it. 🙂
THis is some super useful info that I have never bothered to look up or even think about researching. If the store I go to dosen’t have a fitting room I just don’t buy anything there
Thanks. I love having this. Also, strangely, when I was pregnant I was able to find more clothes here that fit than when I wasn’t. Maybe it’s the cut. Anyway, I found quite a few “maternity” clothes at this shop in Navel Kadena. (I guess it’s just a store specializing in larger sizes.) If you go in the entrance where the 100 yen store is, it’s just before the 100 yen, on the same side right on the corner. The prices were good too.
This is great! just in time for holiday shopping. And I agree, my 7-year-old has always been bigger than what the sizes say – but Japanese are more petite so that is fine. I buy big anyway!
I agree the sizing is tricky. My tiny 3-year old is about a 110 just so the shirt will cover her belly button!