YAMAZAKI GANKA

Yamazaki Ganka is a small ophthalmology clinic tucked into the first floor of the Maruji TEN Building in Shinagawa’s Hiratsuka neighborhood — residential, quiet, not the kind of place you stumble onto by accident. They handle the full range of eye care: routine checkups, prescription updates, glaucoma screening, cataracts, and more. The website has some English-language content, which suggests they’ve at least thought about international patients — but that doesn’t guarantee a smooth English consultation once you’re actually in the chair. Expect a neighborhood clinic atmosphere: likely a shorter wait than a hospital, a doctor who knows their regulars, and forms that are almost certainly in Japanese. If your eye issue is straightforward — a new glasses prescription, dry eye, a weird floater — you can probably manage here with a translation app and some patience. Complex conditions where you really need to communicate precisely? Have a plan.