Japan Airlines is offering to check a big item off your packing list – clothing

I think a lot of westerners are going to be unpleasantly surprised if they select items based on typical western sizing categories for S&#x2F;M&#x2F;L&#x2F;XL, which seems to be how they&#x27;re categorizing the available wardrobe kits. Japanese sizing seems to usually be significantly smaller than EU sizes, and outrageously smaller than US sizes. I&#x27;ve even found that you can&#x27;t really trust off-the-shelf items with specific dimensions to align to what you&#x27;d buy in the west either (neck&#x2F;sleeve&#x2F;inseam etc.), as Japanese brands tend to be more accurate here than western brands that include &#x27;vanity&#x27; allowances in dimension measurements.<p>Some of these selections seem goofy too. Wardrobe #122 has a pair of pants that are comically mismatched in terms of inseam length. One pair either has to be absurdly long, or the other is way beyond fashionably short.

Honestly, clothing is the smallest item on my packing list. Camera gear and shoes are the biggest items. My clothes alone would fit in a tiny backpack. Underwear takes a bit of space, but I wouldn’t fancy wearing rented underwear.<p>But then maybe I’m atypical, because, when I look around at airports, it seems to me 90% of people there are moving permanently overseas, judging from the size of their luggage.

I just booked a (domestic US) trip where one ticket was $79 and the other was $19. Round trip it is $98. It&#x27;s a three day trip.<p>I can get a backpack for free if it is 14x18x8. Otherwise, these low cost airlines want to charge you for a carry-on. That makes taking any change of clothing difficult. And, the bag charges are about $60 each way for a carry-on. That would over double the cost of my trip!<p>I&#x27;m thinking why not:<p>1) buy underwear and socks and even a shirt or two when I arrive, and just throw it away when I&#x27;m done. It&#x27;s certainly less than $120. Could I wear the same pants for three days, sure!<p>2) I could stuff a few pairs of socks and underwear into a fanny pack. I bet I can get that on without fighting with that poor agent.<p>3) I could go to the airport with two bags, one which is a canvas bag that fits inside my backpack that has two changes of clothing. Before I board, I empty all the stuff out, and walk on the plane with three layers. They better not call me fat or I&#x27;ll sue! Then, once I board, I go to the bathroom, go back to my seat with that bag refilled.<p>Its dystopian but kind of fun.

A great innovation. I could (and would) use this on a trip I&#x27;m taking next week.<p>I used to just leave a suitcase in our Japanese office. Not a great solution. Then again, you used to be able to take an intercontinental flight with no luggage, just a book, without raising suspicion. Nowadays you have to carry a decoy carry-on.

They&#x27;re calculating CO2 reduction based on 10kg of clothing, and you can rent for 2 weeks.<p>Who brings 10kg of clothing for a 2-week trip? This doesn&#x27;t include shoes.<p>So it&#x27;s 10kg of tops and bottoms for a 2-week trip.

Seems like an easy way of reducing CO2 emissions. Looking forward to the results on this - could get a lot of backpackers if they cheapen the tickets as well.

In 2 weeks, I&#x27;m supposed to fly to Japan for an anniversary&#x2F;vacation, but unfortunately cancelled because I got sick.<p>Would we have tried this? Probably not. TBH I&#x27;m not sure that clothing is the biggest culprit for our luggage weight on the way there. And it&#x27;s definitely not on the return flight.

Sounds like a great idea, but Japanese sizes are smaller than Western sizes. When I lived there they almost ever had anything in XL even in Japanese sizes and there was never anything remotely big enough for this gaijin.

What a strange idea ? Are clothes really heavy ? Just put a tax on heavier luggage ?

This is one step closer to my dream of being able to jump on a plane and wander around something with nothing other than an id card.

What a laughably bad idea. Spend extra money on top of your already expensive vacation to look like some normcore sheep in the process all so some airline can do a bit of deeply cynical greenwashing. Personally you couldn&#x27;t <i>pay</i> me to wear &quot;Rental&quot; clothes, as I actually enjoy the personal expression of you know, being a grown up and dressing myself, and the miniscule amount of carbon emissions saved here are a literal drop in the ocean compared to the flood of emissions of biblical proportions emitted by the corporations.