HISATOMI SHIKA CLINIC
Hisatomi Shika Clinic is a dental practice sitting on the 5th floor of the Dainiku Building in Takahatafudo, Hino City — western Tokyo, out past Tachikawa on the Keio Line. It’s a neighborhood dentist serving a mostly local Japanese patient base, so don’t show up expecting a bilingual front desk. The website has some English-facing elements, which suggests they’re at least aware that non-Japanese speakers exist, but whether that translates into smooth chair-side communication is genuinely unclear. If your Japanese is zero, bring a translation app or a Japanese-speaking friend for anything beyond basic cleaning. For routine dental work — cleanings, fillings, basic checkups — the language barrier is manageable. For complex treatment discussions, you’ll want backup. Hino City isn’t central Tokyo, so this clinic makes most sense if you’re already living in that corridor.
Patient Feedback
Patient feedback points to a competent, no-frills dental practice. Wait times appear reasonable for a suburban clinic. The dentist is described as thorough and methodical — the kind of place that explains what they’re doing before they do it, which helps even when language is limited. The atmosphere is calm and clinical rather than flashy. Not a polished international clinic, but patients seem to leave feeling the work was done properly.
English Language Proficiency
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Contact & Location
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03-3822-4112 -
https://www.hisatomi-shika.com
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東京都日野市高幡１００１－８ 第２久野ビル５Ｆ
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Takahata-Fudoson Station (Keio Takao Line) — 2 min walk
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