SUNAMACHI Eye Clinic

SUNAMACHI Eye Clinic sits on the second floor of the Futami Building in Kitasuna, Koto Ward — a residential part of east Tokyo that most expats don’t end up in unless they actually live there. This is a neighborhood eye clinic, not an international medical center, so set expectations accordingly. They handle the standard ophthalmology workload: vision checks, glasses and contact prescriptions, eye disease screening, and conditions like glaucoma and cataracts. The website has some English-language content, which suggests awareness of non-Japanese patients, but don’t assume that means fluent English-speaking staff are waiting for you. Bring a translation app, write down your symptoms beforehand, or bring a Japanese-speaking friend if your Japanese is minimal. That said, eye exams are fairly visual and procedural by nature — you point, you read charts, you follow the light — so communication barriers are lower here than at, say, a psychiatry clinic.