Dr.EYE's plus

About

Dr.EYE's plus, on Hokkaido, sits in Sapporo's Chuo Ward at 7 Chome-1-番６号 Minami 23 Jonishi, Hokkaido 064-0923, Japan. That corner of the city puts it south of the centre, within easy reach of the subway and bus network that serves Sapporo. Sapporo itself is the largest city on Hokkaido and the natural first stop for anyone arriving by air or rail.

First-time visitors can expect a settled, unhurried appointment rather than a rushed counter, and the shop keeps 10:00-20:00 hours from Mar 1-Nov 30 before switching to 10:00-19:00 between Dec 1-Feb 28. It closes on Dec 31-Jan 1. A 4.3 out of 5 average across 48 reviews places it comfortably among the more consistently regarded opticians in the city, and the website at https://www.dr-eyes-megane.com/dreyes-akurospuraza carries further reference.

Getting there from the wider island is straightforward: trains link Japan's four main islands through tunnels and bridges, so Sapporo connects to the rest of the country without a flight. Hakodate, Otaru, Furano, Niseko, Asahikawa, Kushiro and Abashiri all lie within Hokkaido's own network, with Otaru the closest of them to the city.

Hokkaido's seasons shape any visit, and the rainy season known as tsuyu arrives around June and runs to mid-July, so an umbrella helps in early summer. Winters here are long and cold, which is why the shop trims an hour from its daily schedule from Dec 1 onwards.