The eyewear industry in Japan is concentrated in a few places: the frame districts, the lens plants, the laboratories and the retail head offices. Each region below has three live searches and its nearest ports and air hubs.
🇯🇵 Sabae and Fukui, Japan
Japan's eyewear city: titanium frames pioneered here, with Charmant, Masunaga, Boston Club, Kaneko and hundreds of specialist workshops making frames and parts.
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka; air via Narita, Kansai
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Hoya, Nikon-Essilor, Seiko Optical, SEED contact lenses and Topcon instruments; also the home of the one-price chains JINS, Zoff and Owndays, which sell complete spectacles with standard lenses at a fixed low price, often ready within the hour.
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka; air via Narita, Kansai
🇯🇵 Aichi (Okazaki, Gamagori, Nagoya), Japan
Tokai Optical and Itoh Optical lens plants, Nidek machinery, Menicon contact lenses.
Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka; air via Narita, Kansai