I think everyone in this sub knows about Matsuda, Masunaga, 4 9's, and other great Japanese eyewear brands, but what about other Japanese brands that are much smaller?
I was looking for stockists for Julius Tart Optical in the vain hope I could somehow finesse one of them to ship to the U.S. While browsing, I saw that some of these Japanese eyewear stores offered glasses from brands I've never heard of.
For example, there was a brand called Ayame eyewear. I couldn't find anything in English about them (fanart of a Japanese anime character named Ayame wearing glasses showed up instead). They are fairly old (est. 2010) and it seems from my limited research that they have a decent following