JAPANKURU: Where to Buy Affordable Glasses in Tokyo 👓 Protect Your Eyes with These Glasses from JINS Eyewear Japan

JINS Screen, JINS Blue Light Glasses, and more!
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JINS Glasses Shibuya Branch

Living in the digital age, glasses have become a must-have item for everyone. Some use glasses for vision needs, some for fashion, and some people even choose to wear glasses for eye protection to not further harm their eyes. In recent years, Japanese affordable eyewear brands have moved overseas, such as JINS, OWNDAYS, etc.. Focusing on parity, Japanese design and fast optician, are starting to attract the attention of many eyewear groups. However, if you come to Japan, you may be surprised at how many people still want to experience a complete "Japan Optician Service". This time, JAPANKURU went the JINS Shibuya Branch and was able to find some interesting discoveries while shopping for some new glasses.

The JINS store in the Shibuya area has 2 floors. The design of the store is designed by the architect Sou Fujimoto. It is mainly decorated with simple and clean original wood. Through three-dimensional design, visitors can come from different angles and see different expressions in the store. With a large floor-to-ceiling glass window, it is blended with Shibuya's streets, with the mirror projection on the inside walls of the store, making the store look more open. The second floor of the store is not only an optometry and glasses production area but also has a wide exhibition space. From time to time, they prepare some art exhibitions so many people come here not only to buy glasses, but also to check out some current trends.

👓JINS - Shibuya Branch
🏢 31-1 Udagawa-machi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

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⏰ Business hours:
Mon~Thurs, Sun, Holidays: 11am~9pm
Fri & Sat: 11am~10pm
☎ Tel.: 03-3464-8070

JINS Official Website (Japanese)
JINS Shibuya Branch Website

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Recommended Glasses to Get At JINS SHIBUYA

Most of JINS's eyewear products use thin aspherical lenses from Essilor and HOYA, the world's optical manufacturers, to overcome the distortion of the field of view. The thin and light lenses are matched with all kinds of frames designed in Tokyo giving you practical, beautiful, and stylish glasses. According to the different occasions and needs of everyone, JINS has developed a variety of different functional lenses. The products include the classic series "JINS SCREEN" for anti-blue light glasses protection, the "JINS Switch" series with a clip-on sunglasses concept. Then finally the latest "JINS VIOLET+" series that goes beyond blue light protections.

JINS SCREEN:

Lenses to Protect You from Blue Light

Whether we like it or not, blue light is surrounding us more and more. The light with a wavelength of 380-495nm is the most energetic light in visible light and has a high penetration rate to the glasses. Long-term contact damages retinal cells and crystals, thereby increasing macular degeneration. Therefore, anti-blue light glasses have become an inevitable increase in the number of people who require glasses. Even those with perfect eyesight are starting to buy a pair.

In response to this demand of modern people, JINS launched the anti-blue light SCREEN series, which includes 25%, 40% and 60% anti-blue light lenses that are suitable for general daily use. As for the highest level of 60%, it is designed for those who use electronics before going to bed which can effectively reduce and impact how well one sleeps.

JINS Switch: Clip-on Sunglasses Evolution

Maybe 5 years ago, sunglasses in Japan weren't very popular. Now more and more people are starting to wear them which has brought Japan to creating many new designs. Currently, sunglasses where the lenses flip up turning into regular lenses are everywhere. Following the similar idea, JINS has developed a detachable sunglasses series "JINS Switch", which makes it easy to attach or detach lightweight sunglasses with the special magnetic design of the frame. This type of frame is available in a variety of styles, including vintage round, classic square, plain, and floral options.

JINS VOILET+:

Protection from Not Only Blue Light but

UVB and UVA for Kids

This series is a new type of lens developed by JINS based on new medical research. UV rays have higher energy than visible light rays, which makes them capable of producing changes in the functioning of your eyes. These glass lenses can preserve the wavelength of 360-400nm light while filtering blue light and ultraviolet light, which can effectively help children to suppress the increase of nearsightedness.

As a brand of glasses, JINS also regards the protection of children's vision as their own responsibility, developed the JINS VIOLET+ series of lenses, designed a frame suitable for children. It allows light to be preserved when filtering out blue light and ultraviolet light, which is good for children to help prevent nearsightedness.

In addition to these three series of products, there are many different design style frames in JINS Shibuya including JINS's AIRFRAME series, which is super-extensible and light! They're made to fit the face perfectly.

Being so light, the frames aren't stiff like other fashion glasses.

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Getting Glasses at JINS

The Process of Buying Prescription Eyewear

Getting your glasses is such an easy process!
But just in case you're worried,

we'll give you an outline of the process.

Step 1 - Pick the frame you like

JINS has a variety of frames to choose from. Most general frame with ordinary lenses cost 5000yen (excluding tax). If you want to add special features of the lens, it is an added 3000 to 5000yen. After deciding, go to the counter to check out!

Step 2 - Vision test

Since there are so many foreigners that come to JINS to buy glasses, JINS changed the eyesight chart to a more user-friendly one. Japan normally uses circles and you have to say which side of the circle is open (left, right, up, or down). However, only at JINS do they do they roman alphabet!!! It makes things SO much easier!! They have multilingual staff too so there is no need to worry about a language barrier.

Step 3 - Confirm the desired frame and lens

When the clerk has all the information needed, the frame and lens selected will be placed in a small red box for the customer for confirmation.

Step 4 - Waiting

If what you got is in stock, the glasses can be picked up in as little as 30 minutes. Of course, it depends on the number of customers coming to the store along with the volume of the lenses used. During the waiting time, you can wander around Shibuya and come back, or you can wait in the store.

Step 5 - Fitting

The new glasses that our of our team members chose were finished! When trying on, pay attention to whether there is any problem such as fuzziness or tightness of the frame. If there are still some adjustments needed to be made, you can tell the staff. If there is nothing wrong, you can leave with your new glasses!

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