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Yokohama City Semi-necessary Protection elementary school student Student Glasses Purchase Aid Project

※Applicable to children enrolled in Yokohama Municipal Elementary and Junior High School who are certified by Subsidies for School Expenses.

Last Updated May 27, 2024

Yokohama City Semi-Necessary Protection elementary school student Student Glasses Purchase Aid Project

Yokohama City will issue eyeglasses tickets to children who are certified by the Subsidies for School Expenses, who are enrolled in elementary, middle and compulsory education schools in Yokohama, who need glasses due to poor vision.



Assistance target

  • Being certified by Subsidies for School Expenses.
  • The naked eye vision at school physical checkup (for elementary school student students who already have glasses, corrected vision) must be less than C (less than 0.7) in a single eye 370 system.

About application for assistance

The target child will be given a request survey form from the school, so please fill out the form and submit it to the school within the deadline.

  • Survey: May to June ("Megane Tickets" are issued around mid-July)

Amount of assistance, etc.

  • Eye examination fee (per person) 2,750 yen (uniform) ※Please give priority to the pediatric medical system for eye examination. 
  • Glasses purchase price (including adjustment) Maximum amount of 5,000 yen (up to one per person)

  ※All of the above amounts include tax.

Precautions when receiving assistance

  • The number of assistance provided by this project (the purchase price of glasses) is once per elementary school and once per junior high school.
  • Assistance cannot be received without a "glass ticket".
  • Limited to purchases at designated stores after consulting and examining at designated medical institutions.
  • If you exceed the limit when purchasing glasses, the difference will be borne by the guardian.
  • Purchases and contact lenses due to damage to glasses are not covered by this project.

To Cooperating Ophthalmologists and Cooperating Eyeglass Stores

Please fill out the invoice and request the Health Education and Food Education Division for the cost of eye inspection fees and purchase assistance.
Document mailing address: 6-50-10 Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0005 City of Yokohama, Board of Education Secretariat Secretariat, Health Education and Food Education Division 

Billing procedures, etc.

List of styles

Please copy the form of the invoice as appropriate and use it at the time of request.

For ophthalmologists

For eyeglass stores

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Inquiries to this page

Board of Education Secretariat Human Rights and Health Education Department Health Education and Food Education Division

Telephone: 045-671-3275

Telephone: 045-671-3275

Fax: 045-681-1456

Email address: ky-kenkokyoiku@city.yokohama.jp

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