Where to buy men's briefs in Japan?

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HanSolo

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6 May 2015

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• 16 Dec 2015

• #1

Hi All,

Where would I find men's briefs in Japan? It seems that every shop I go into only has "boxer briefs", and nothing else. In Australia they just have multi packs of them in KMart for cheap. Not sure why this is an exotic item here, so any advice on where to find them would be great.

Cheers

 

mdchachi

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• 16 Dec 2015

• #2

Where do you live?

 

WonkoTheSane

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12 May 2013

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• 16 Dec 2015

• #3

Ok, so probably not what you're going for, but this strange website:

フリパン - パンツから日本を元気に！日本最大級のパンツ総合メディア

Has these:

ベーコン好きに朗報!? ベーコンの香りがするパンツが登場！ - フリパン

...and now I have gone down a weird rabbit hole of searching for underwear on amazon.co.jp...

Which reminds me of the thread on JREF discussing intonation patterns of パンーツ and how they impact whether it means pants or underpants.

 

cocoichi

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28 Jul 2015

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• 17 Dec 2015

• #4

I am quite sure that those "second tier" department stores have them. I don't mean anything condescending, but I don't know how to better describe it. What I mean are those department stores that you find in the smaller cities or suburbs, with lesser known chain stores and a supermarket inside of it. Often they have some large clothing stores with less fashionable items, suits, etc.

Maybe someone who currently lives in Japan knows what I mean, and can tell you some store names.

 

mdchachi

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• #5

Looks like Uniqlo "briefs" are low-rise boxers. So you may be stuck with those, or going commando.
Or mail order: http://search.rakuten.co.jp/

cocoichi said:

Maybe someone who currently lives in Japan knows what I mean, and can tell you some store names.

Click to expand...

That's why I asked him where he's living.

 

DBC Japan

Kouhai

15 Jan 2016

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• 15 Jan 2016

• #6

Don Quixote (ドンキホーテ) have them and also gentlemen's shops for suits and such. I have seen them at GU and UniQlo before too.