glasses

Starbucks Japan reveals new holiday goods for the 2024 festive season

Collection includes limited-edition Stanley cups and a rhinestone tumbler with an eye-watering price tag. 

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Kyoto company developing autofocus glasses for sufferers of presbyopia and other conditions

Let your glasses focus your eyes so you can focus on the important things in life.

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What happens when you freeze your boss’s glasses in a block of ice?

Results may vary.

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New samurai glasses are Japan’s latest weird must-have souvenir

See the world through the eye of Date Masamune, the One-eyed Dragon. 

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Japan’s new difficult-to-drink-from beer glass protects your liver, but it’s a brutal experience

Yona Yona Ale brewer purposely takes the enjoyment out of drinking.

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Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles

Luisa and The Baron, Jiji, Totoro and No Face are spectacles all of their own. 

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See the world through a new lens while wearing a pair of Studio Ghibli-inspired eyeglasses

The authentic glasses are based on the ones worn by two bespectacled characters from classic anime films.

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Our writer gets enticed by AliExpress’s reading-in-the-dark glasses…but do they really work?

Masanuki is drawn to high-beam eyes like a moth to a flame.

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Very limited sale of glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness begin in Japan

A pair of truly “corrective” lenses?

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Disney villain-themed eyeglasses in four styles up for presale in Japan

Because why should only heroes hog the spotlight?

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How to stop your glasses from fogging up when wearing a mask

Handy hack from a longtime Japanese mask wearer.

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A sight for sore Sableyes! Pokémon teams up with eyewear brand JINS for more monsteriffic designs

With 24 designs to pick from, including all the Eeveelutions, there’s no better time to grab some new glasses!

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Halloween arrives at Starbucks Japan, with glow-in-the-dark drinkware and popping doughnuts

A collection filled with hidden surprises. 

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Starbucks celebrates its 25th anniversary in Japan with a special commemorative drinkware range

It may be Starbucks’ quarter-century anniversary, but it’s us who’s getting the presents. 

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Trio of thieves break into Japanese glasses store, foiled by old-timey cash register

They don’t make them like they used to… back in 1908.

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Pokémon teams up with eyewear company JINS for 59 new stylish glasses for adults and kids

Keep your favorite Pokémon with you wherever you go with these fashionable new glasses.

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Create a Studio Ghibli cafe at home with anime movie glass tableware

Magical characters keep you company while you dine indoors.

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Fashion brand brings an anime aesthetic trick into the three-dimensional realm.

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List of jobs in Japan that “don’t allow women to wear glasses” upsets fans of vision, meganekko

Talk show explains debatable logic behind four professions that frown on eyewear.

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Waitress explains a baffling, annoying part of kimono dress codes at many Japanese restaurants

It’s hard to see why this should be an issue, but apparently it is.

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