No prescription? Shops can read your current glasses

No prescription? Bring your current glasses: Japanese opticians read the lenses with a lensmeter and can make a new pair with the same strength (or test your eyes free in store).

Type

Hack

Category

Onsen & Health

Place

Japan-wide

For

tourist

Posted

Dec 28, 2023

Last checked

Oct 21, 2026

Source

@ChunandRice ↗

What the sources say

Two Japanese optician/glasses sites confirm shops measure your current lenses with a lensmeter and can copy the strength.

確認済 Confirmed. The original author plus at least one other independent source back it.

Also confirmed by

• eyeandeye.co.jp ↗
• ohmyglasses.jp ↗

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