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Now, wooden frames for eyeglasses

Tokyo: Made by hand and only of wood, the frames for prescription wooden glasses made by Japan's Yoshihisa Yabuuchi are a gem of craftsmanship and design that are available for some 1,200 euros ($1,540), but



Yabuuchi is a person committed to his city, devastated in March 2011 by the earthquake and tsunami that set off the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

The designer tells how at the time he had to flee his home in Fukushima along with his wife and child.

His family has not yet returned but Yabuuchi decided to do so quickly to revive the family business and keep commerce in his city alive.