I’m going to start wearing contacts for the first time since I moved to Japan (been wearing glasses and contacts before in my home country). What’s the cheapest way to buy them? I’m not interested in subscription services, I’d like to buy a few boxes in advance when I need them.
Extra info:
– I speak and read Japanese
– I will have a prescription/eye exam from an ophthalmologist
– I want daily disposable ones (the monthlies are too drying for me because of the cleaning solution)
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I buy mine online. Usually from the UK or Germany. Do a quick Google search and find what’s cheapest and best for you.
Amazon Japan sells them.
I get mine from Costco or Amazon. Whichever is cheaper.
Amazon
Amazon japan
I recommend using Amazon Japan. Donkihote also has cheap disposable contact lenses although I find they are a bit more expensive than Amazon Japan and require you to fill out some paperwork at each purchase (unless you register for a Majica card and show that at the counter)
I buy mine from [lensget](https://www.lensget.jp).
I get mine from Amazon for daily use bulks, morecon for colored contacts.
I use Lens Apple.
I also use Lens Apple. You order it and you receive in 1 or 2 days.
Megane Super is the cheapest option for mine, unless I happen to find a place where they’re on sale. (Lens Apple and Amazon both cost more, for example.)
So you’ll have to do some price comparison for the specific brand you use.
The ones I use are cheaper on Rakuten for some reason, Amazon would be the next place to look.
Costco or Lensoff.com
I use lensmode
I’m surprised no one mentions rakuten.
I bought mine from [アットコンタクト](https://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/atcontact). For the last.. three years? maybe more.
Also, I use weeklies, and like you, i did find my lens were too drying when i use the usual cleaning solution. But it all change when i switched to peroxide cleaning solution. Also, the lens hold much longer than prescribed. Saved money and time fiddling washing the contacts.
https://s.kakaku.com/contactlens/