Outside many Opticians in Japan you’ll find a “Glasses Cleaner” and outside this メガネドラッグ store in Ikebukuro things were no different.
If you need some help, it has step by step instructions. Starting with turning the machine on, you will now here a light buzzing noise.
Suspend your glasses in the “buzzing” water.
After buzzing stops, rinse, dry with a supplid tissue and wear. It’s especially convenient for cleaning the grime from the nose piece of your glasses.
In Australia i’m sure they would have bolted a coin dispenser on the side of the machine and it would be inside there shop where they would go the hard sell for a new pair of glasses. In Japan it’s free, that’s what i call another example of Japan being convenient.
{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
i need one of those here in seattle, my glasses are always tore up.
I love to use those!
It still surprises me exactly how much cleaner it gets my glasses too.
That’s fantastic. I’ll have to look out for one here.
I usually wash my hands in that thing
Just playin!!
What the heck?! Were these machines recently installed? I didn’t see these when I was in Japan
This is a bonus for glass wearers
-Mike
What’s even more convenient in Japan is the free contact lens washer. It’s only available for a season each year. You just go outside on any given day in June or early July, look up, open your eyes wide and let nature do the rest.
Sorry, Neil.
You’ve been meme-tagged. Nick got me, and I had to get you. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, can be found here:
http://billywestevolution.com/2008/06/8-random-facts-about-my-sorry-ass/
I have a firefox plugin that says this site is on a Canadian server????
Billy West revolution??? WTF??
On my way……;)
Such a good equipment..
Hope my country will provide it..
wow! Japan is rather convenient, and wow free too, too bad in America capitalism rules… and those darn capitalist pigs would never do something merely out of public convenience
Not many western countries do from my experience.
I like your layout, the truth that your webpage is actually a tad bit unique makes it so helpful, I get completely fed up of viewing the same stuff nearly the entire time. I’ve I simply found this web site by you Thanks a lot.