Mizuno from Japan

What does Mizuno sell in Japan that is hard to find abroad?

Japan-made football boots, baseball gloves and the domestic running range. Mizuno was founded in Osaka in 1906 and remains a Japanese company whose home market gets the widest catalogue: the Morelia football boots made in Japan, the Mizuno Pro baseball gloves, the Wave Rider and Wave Prophecy running lines including the retro Wave Rider 10 and its collaborations, and the SportStyle re-issues sold through Japanese sneaker shops. Baseball equipment in particular is sold in Japanese categories — 硬式 for hardball and 軟式 for the rubber-ball game played in Japan — that do not exist elsewhere. Japanese retailers deliver inside Japan only; OneMall supplies the Japanese address and yen payment and forwards from our Japan warehouse.

What do 硬式 and 軟式 mean on a Mizuno baseball listing?

Hardball and rubber-ball, the two forms of baseball played in Japan, and the glove and bat are made differently for each. 硬式 (kōshiki) equipment is for the hard ball used in high-school, university and professional play; 軟式 (nanshiki) is for the rubber ball used in most Japanese amateur leagues. A glove listed as 軟式用 is not the same product as one listed as 硬式用, and sellers also state the position — 内野手 (infield), 外野手 (outfield), 投手 (pitcher), 捕手 (catcher) — and the throwing hand.

• 硬式用 / 軟式用 — for hardball / for rubber ball
• 内野手用 / 外野手用 / 投手用 / 捕手用 — infield / outfield / pitcher / catcher
• 右投げ / 左投げ — right-hand throw / left-hand throw
• 型付け済 — glove already broken in
• 日本製 — made in Japan

What size is a Mizuno Morelia or Wave Rider in Japanese listings?

Centimetres, on the box and in the title, the same number for football boots, running shoes and sneakers. Japanese sellers write 26.5cm or 27.0cm and photograph the box end, and Mizuno also sells some running models in several widths, listed as 2E or 3E. Kangaroo-leather Morelia boots stretch with wear, and sellers note that with 伸びあり.

• 26.5cm / 27.0cm — the size as written
• 2E / 3E / ワイド — widths on running models
• 箱付き / 箱なし — with or without box
• 未使用 / 試着のみ — unused / tried on only
• ソール減り / アッパー傷 — sole wear / upper scuffs

Where is Mizuno sold in Japan?

New from Mizuno's online store, Japanese sports retailers on Rakuten and Amazon Japan, and sneaker shops for the retro lines; secondhand on Mercari, Rakuma and Yahoo Auctions, where gloves, boots and collaboration sneakers are the usual listings; shop-graded pairs at 2nd STREET.

What does a Mizuno order from Japan cost to ship?

Shoes ship by the box and gloves by the weight, and both are moderate parcels. At order time you pay the yen price, OneMall's service fee, shown before you confirm, and the seller's domestic shipping if charged; after arrival at our Japan warehouse you choose an international shipping method and pay for it. A glove is compact and dense, a boxed pair of boots is bulkier than it is heavy, and a bat is a long parcel priced on its length; ask to ship shoes without the box if you do not need it and consolidate several items into one parcel. Import duty, if your country charges it, is collected on delivery.

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How do Japanese sellers title Mizuno listings?

ミズノ, then the product line in katakana, then the size or the baseball category. Mizuno in Latin letters also appears; ミズノプロ and モレリア are searched as their own words.

• ミズノ / Mizuno — the brand
• モレリア / モレリアネオ — football boots
• ミズノプロ 硬式 内野手 — glove line, ball type, position
• ウエーブライダー10 / ウエーブプロフェシー — retro running models
• 27.0cm 箱付き — size and box
• 日本製 — made in Japan