眼鏡洗浄

I guess you could clean your rings too! I mean jewellery of course :P

A really insightful post featuring dolphins and glasses... :D
The ultrasound washer looks cool. It's always a pain to clean my glasses :(

How old is that interview? the song reminded me of Ghibli's productions^^;As well as the backgrownd music.

We don't have those convinient baths for glasses here, if you want them cleaned - you payT_T You can, however, buy tissues which do an exccellent job!

i have 20/20 yay~~~~
But it's been slowly deteriorating since last check (last year) - me being in the IT industry and all...

It's usual in Japan.

How interesting! They would certainly be useful if they were more widespread. :p That is certainly considerate of the shop staff to all wear glasses, though. XD

iyaaa~aahn~ BYJ~*3*

I'm glad I don't have glasses. Saves me a lot of trouble & money.

Ultrasound water? I don't get it.. I just wipe down my glasses with microfibre cloth.

"They do it so that they can relate to the customer feelings of wearing glasses."

That kinda makes some sense x_x

I don't wear any glasses and I hope that I wouldn't need to in the future.

Hopefully no one tries to clean his glasses and dolphin at the same time. =P

So nice, get to wash our dolphin for free with ultrasonic~~~

I mean glasses.......

Still in denial of needing glasses. XD

This is why The Grass is Greener than the Other side .

Japan is a great country to live in . They respect customers buy just NOT bugging them off unlike some employees in Malaysia .

I admit they sometimes leech on to me but then I use Bug spray on them ^_^

Thats quite strange.. I mean, nice that they're trying to make the folks with glasses feel more at home, but still... weird... thats like.. *tries to think of another similar place you could do that kinda thing...*

How expensive are Glasses in Tokyo? Here in places like Pacific Mall you get designer frames for roughly 200CDN which is roughly 16200JPY.

Hmmm...even with laser surgery (LASIK) to correct your vision which is widely affordable now compared to 2 or 3 years ago, I'd still prefer wearing glasses. Of course the frame makes all the difference on how you look. I've had 2 pairs of "Masaki Matsushima" frames for about 2 years now and they are really good & cool looking too. It does cost quite a bit though.

As for the ultra sonic washer, well it ain't a free service around these neck of the woods.have to pay a weeee bitty amount for the service.

doesn't the water get dirty?

hah, i blogged bout the ultrasound bath too. its the same way pple clean their jewellary. There's one along the underpass walkway from my hotel at Keio Plaza hotel to shinjuku station. i use it at least once whenever i'm staying there.

i bought a really cool pair of blue glassess from Jin's Original at Ueno station on my last trip earlier this year.

This is cool, too bad no shops in Singapore do these. Or at least i never seen 1 before.

I wouldn't mind working at a glasses shop! I don't need glasses but always try out other people's ones. Apparently is bad to wear other people's glasses though... especially when you don't need glasses yourself

oh cool

dun like the idea of sharing bath or using public bath tub :P Good service mindset clerks will be good enough hehe

talk about high tech everywhere... wish we have this in SG. then again everyone will be so kiasu that pple will take a detour just to wash their glasses.. say before a date or a movie or interview.

My eyes are strange as hell, my left eye is mildly nearsighted, but my right eye is binocular (better than 20/20). My brain somehow compensates when both eyes are open and uses the clear image only.

For me, the best way to clean my glasses is wash it with hand soap and then wipe with a dry cotton towel. Hand soap or body shampoo is better than microfiber cloth in getting rid of the oil on the glasses.

dont want to wear glasses, so protect ur eyes...

Ultrasound bath for my glasses... I've only seen one in my life and that was within a university lab. I always wonder how well it may clean my glasses.

I actually wish I could get rid of my glasses...

I love my glasses... Too bad for me to live in Malaysia then... No free baths for me specs... -_-

Pffff I have to get glasses and braces.Yay...

I would prefer a cute girl in glasses to give me a good polish...

I wonder if anyone has ever whipped out their dolphin and.............

I have never obliged or availed myself of this while on holiday there. Maybe next time

I've had glasses since junior high. All that reading in the dark and playing the original Gameboy.

That's a nice eye glass bath there. When I was in the states, I bought these glasses cleaning pads that had this alcohol smell. Worked really well. Now a days, I just use soap and water + paper towel.

I like the idea of optician wearing glasses so they can better relate to their customers. Always be in the shoe of those unfortunate then we will be able to understand their feeling. :)

For me I don't wear glasses and so far my eyesight is still good. I agree in Malaysia there is many shop assistants who will hound you when you enter the shop. -_-;

I usually use alcohol wipes now and then to clean my glasses. That ultrasound pool seems like a neat way to do it except it probably costs quite a bit for one of those machines.

Better way to clean glasses than the typical microfiber cloths.

I think I've seen that in an optical shop before or maybe its something else since it looks similar. But its a tub which contains water too.

Even if they had one of those devices, it wouldn't be out in the open for the public to use.

that's a good way to clean glasses.I've been wearing glasses since I started school.

Oh...pretty good service...we just drop them in a box...cleaning would be done later...

Been wondered what it is when first reached japan. But soon found out what it is and have a try on it ^^. It really clean off your dolxxx I mean Glasses.

Do you dip only the lens in or just throw your whole specs in?
Then what's the machine behind for???

bleh i think i need glasses.

wore my friends ones and i had ninja vision, could see everything ^^

Another thing to remember about japan.

I need to check again - my eyesight can only go far as a meter and a half ^^;

That would be really convenient!
Just walking along and all of a sudden you would have an urge to clean your glasses but alas, there is no where to do so. You walk around the corner and...THERE IT IS!
The magical glasses washer!
(^_^)

Megane, megane, megane!
This sure is handy, would love to see such thing around here!

"They do it so that they can relate to the customer feelings of wearing glasses."

Hmm, i guess that makes sense, I always tell my mother that i can't relate to her + the rest of the family (Every1 except me wears glasses)

Reminds me that I should probably have my eyes checked out At Some Point. My left eye is okay, but unless I hold something close by, everything looks fuzzy out of my right. Pity I'm scared of doctors, gyaaa! And I look like a total dorkwad in glasses, that too.

Bit of a pity we don't have those fancy little glasses cleaning devices here. I'd like to try one out, just to see how it works! (but I'm weird like that)

I *have* that ultrasound machine1 Works good for all sorts of things besides glasses.

Haha you always crack me up slipping in those dolphin jokes out of no where.

I have never seen something like this before. This is a nice way of taming customers.

Quite handy that, don't have them over here, at least not seen them before.

The worst part of wearing glasses for me is choosing the damn things. Took me multiple trips in May to pick my new pair. Went from frame-less to full frames which is a bit of a change after about 4 years with no frames!

Also, anywhere else apart from the UK have silly stickers on the test frames in the Opticians? Makes choosing extra tricky when you can't really see out of one eye.

thats one creepy commercial :D

I am supposed to where glasses but er...um....

i lol at "megane janai...yappari megane" ^0^
Also, i was reminded that i really need new glasses and have to go to the optician ^^;;;

http://www.oliverpeoples.com/iconic-styles/optical.html

Megane Super optical in Akihabara is amazing, rapping staff!

Opticans? Don't need them anylonger xD
http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/21380/I%27m+back+-+a+laser+to+the+eye+is+fine+too.html

That's pretty nice of them to have that for people to use ^^

We have seen those baths somewhere around Shinjuku and were very pleased with their public availability... I wonder if there is something like that here in Prague too :)

I used to wear glasses, but I had LASIK done two years ago. Best decision I ever made. I have better then 20/20 vision now. :3

after surgery me had a hard time to read the letters and nao me can see it, my teachers always worry about me cause I had this problem. ^^

that's a nice idea! LOL but i don't use glasses anymore though i need 'em (my left eye is really blind everything looks blurry), i don't use glasses anymore 'coz i discovered that ppl who have bad eyesight who never used glasses can see better than ppl who started using glasses 'coz glasses force your eyesight. and that's really bad XD so now i'm X_O lol!

Okay, now I would love that if the optricians where I live had stuff like that.

ohh how awesome! people here never understand when I say the ultrasound can clean thier glasses so much better . . . perfect service idea, especially since they don't hound you if you use it!
wish we had that here

So what exactly is the purpose of the ultra sound to clean the glasses?...I prefer to wear glasses rather than use contacts...and I don't feel too good about using lasers...

That's pretty neat. I should probably wear sunglasses but I really dislike the way it filters everything.

Hahaa interesting :D

Never heard of using ultrasound to clean glasses.

Nice handy thing to have for people that have glasses(me included ;p). Will defiantely try one of these when in Japan seeing how it's a pain in the rear to clean my glasses.

I would say every Malaysian shops' assistant will leech around you
pressuring you to buy things
it's annoying

I have been wearing glasses since Grade One or Two. Must've been six or seven. Have been personal witness to how the styles of specs have changed over the past twenty years. I switched to contacts very briefly, but they were too irritating, so I went back.

Would SERIOUSLY want to love to have one of those ultrasound cleaners here, but I normally get by with soaking a tissue in alcohol, swiping that over the lenses to clean off the grime, then polish with the provided soft cloth.

i used this machine on my last trip to Japan and it works great. Used the one in Yodobashi camera in Akiba.

Wow, thats new.
Nice service they have there in Japan.
Thumbs up!

Cleaning station! How convenient :D

Hmm... maybe instead of making them wear glasses tell them that they're wearing contacts ^^;

Wish they had those cleaning stations around there. They'd be really nice to have. n.n

Had my glasses washed by this before and seems like it doesn't work well for me although it's free to use. ^^;;

Interesting contraption D: Can it take out scratches too? XD

Oh wow, I didn't know they had that kind of thing. I only use the cloth that comes with glasses to clean it. Works just fine.

So that's how they work... camera lens cleaner also works!

Interestingly when I was in Akihabara a couple years ago, I discovered a Maid glasses store. No idea if they had an actual optician, or of they just sold the frames.

Actually, knowing Akihabara, they might have all been fake fashion glasses.

that not a bad idea.

Frightening coincidences occur everyday on this site, it seems...you may not have posted it just now, but I'm reading this right after I got back from visiting an optician with my cousin. While she was getting her contacts, I sat trying to clean out some dirt from my frames. The optician at the counter was so disturbed he took them from me and gave them a thorough ultrasound bath. ^^; After asking, of course.

Thanks for that tip! I'll try it the next time a pass by a megane store ^_^!