| Eye Care
There are many ophthalmology clinics in Sendai which can dispense glasses or contact lenses (see below for English-speaking ophthalmologists). When visiting a clinic, you should bring your health insurance card with you. Although preventative medicine isnft covered by health insurance, checks done when there is a problem are covered - hence a vision check for someone who needs glasses/contacts will be subsidized. Typically vision tests include the Landort Ring, which looks like a very fat, round C. You see gCh shapes at various angles, e.g. C at 90‹, 180‹, 270‹, etc. You must tell them which direction the gap is in, i.e. up (ue), down (shita), left (hidari), right (migi). Tests may also include a machine which focuses a picture automatically (you just look forward; the machine does all the work), plus a glaucoma check (puffs of air in your eyes) and checks of your blood vessels, etc. Following your vision and eye checks, youfll be given a prescription, and your lenses/glasses will be dispensed. Contact lenses may be more expensive in Japan than in your home country, but you can sometimes get good deals. Alternatively, get a supply sent from home. See Medications for information on this. Usually ophthalmologists will require you to have a check-up of your eye health every 3-6 months if you want to continue receiving contact lenses. Glasses in Japan are often really cheap and they have many cool fashions, so shop around. Recommended Ophthalmologists ***For a downloadable PDF file, click here*** Wada Yuko Ganka Clinic Dr. Yuko Wada Kamisugi 1-4-28, 3rd floor 022-395-7100 English website: http://www.yukow-oph.jp/index1.html Morning hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-1pm (Tues morning is ladies only) Afternoon hours: Mon-Thurs 2:30-6pm Gets good reviews from ALTs, and is right by Shidoka. Sato Yuya Ganka Iin/Itsutsubashi Renzu Sentah Dr. Yuya Sato Itsutsubashi 1-6-24 (Itsutsubashi Medical Center Building, 1F) Clinic is on the 1st floor, and lenses are dispensed on the 4th floor. 022 227 6752 Morning hours: Mon-Sat 8:30am-12:30pm Afternoon hours: Mon-Wed & Fri 2:30-5:15pm, plus 2nd Saturday each month by appointment only Small, narrow and not so private but the care is good. Dr. Sato can speak some English. *However, an ALT has said that that one of the female ophthalmologists is pushy and unhelpful.* Near Itsutsubashi Station. Use Exit North 4, walk north and turn left at the first corner, then left again and itfs on your left in a pink building. Also see the Sendai International Relations Association (SIRA) and Miyagi International Association (MIA) lists of clinics and hospitals with English-speaking staff: SIRA (hospitals and clinics in Sendai): http://www.sira.or.jp/english/hoslis080515.pdf MIA (hospitals and clinics in Sendai and Miyagi Prefecture): http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~mia/living/hospital_list.pdf |
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