Hayashi Shikaiin

Hayashi Shikaiin is a neighborhood dental clinic in Tsuruma, Machida — a quieter residential corner of Tokyo that most expats don’t end up in unless they actually live nearby. It’s a standard Japanese private dental practice covering the usual bases: checkups, cleaning, fillings, extractions, and likely some cosmetic work. The website has some English content, which is a decent sign, but don’t assume you’ll walk in and have a fluent English conversation at the front desk. Realistically, you’re probably looking at a mix of basic English, gestures, and a translation app filling the gaps. That said, Japanese dental clinics are generally very procedural and visual — X-rays, pointing, showing — so communication barriers are more manageable here than, say, internal medicine. If you’re in Machida or southern Tokyo and need a reliable local dentist without trekking into central Tokyo, this is worth a look. Just go in with reasonable expectations on the language front.