Try Japanese Baby Diaper / Nappy / Wipes when you travel Japan

Basically you can get baby diaper at drug store or supermarket easily everywhere in Japan same as your country. Don’t worry about quality at all – Japanese diaper manufacturing company are making so much effort to improve quality every day. Why don’ t you try Japanese nappy once?

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Japanese diapers/nappies basic information

Price

Prices are depends on stores – but I would say average price is $11~16 for one package.
( ex. one package contains 54~90 pairs, depends on size)

Size

General size categories in Japan are below;

Size	Baby weight	Qty for 1 package
Newborn	~5kg	90
S	about 5~8kg	82
M	about 9~11kg	64
L	about 11~14kg	54
Big	about 14~20kg	42

*Size quote from Merries, tape type

Type

There are two diaper types – Tape type and pants (pull-up) type. (It’s might be same in your country?)
Please check well picture of package whether it’s tape-type or pants type – many parents easily pick wrong type,,,

Tape type : This is for from new born baby ~ about 1.5years old baby.
Pants type : It’s for baby started crawl or walk. Pants type (pull-up) diapers can tear at the sides for easy removal.

Tape type

Pants type

For example If your baby were 8kg,
—> M size (6~11kg)
—> Check well the “drawing picture” – TAPE or PANTS

TAPE : 64sheets of diapers are in the 1 package
Pants: 58sheets of diapers are in the 1 package

Tape type

Pants type

Swim diaper

Only summer time available. Disposable type.

Major Japanese 5 diaper brands

There are famous 5 major nappy brands as below.
All brands are good quality. (I tried every brands, and all good.)
If you are concerned about baby’s skin, Pampers would be a good choice.

Pampers (P&G)

High quality, Most popular brand in Japan. Many baby hospital is choosing this.

Pampers

Merries (Kao)

Good quality, Good cost performance.

Merries

Moony (Unicharm)

Good quality, Good cost performance

Moony

Genki! (Oji Nepia)

Good quality, Popular Japanese character “Anpan-man” is printed.

Genki!

Mamy Poko (Unicharm)

Good quality, More reasonable price than above brands, popular Japanese character “Draemon” is printed.

Mamy Poko

How to say diaper in Japanese?

Diaper/Nappy in Japanese is called “O-MU-TSU“.
Please ask staff where is “O-MU-TSU” if you could not find diaper.

Finding diaper in central Tokyo

When you stay in very central Tokyo like Shibuya, Shinjyuku, Ginza, it would not be easy to find baby diaper selling shop.
In that case, firstly ask hotel concierge where can buy diaper near from you. (Depends on your location, drug store might have it)

If could not ask anyone, famous large chain store “Don quijote“ (Discount store) or “Bic Camera” (Appliance store ) almost certainly has it.

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