Koshibu Shika
Koshibu Shika is a small neighborhood dental clinic sitting on the ground floor of the Shunko Building in Todoroki, Setagaya. Todoroki is one of those quiet, residential pockets of Tokyo that most expats never find unless they live nearby — which means this clinic is primarily serving locals, not the international crowd.
The clinic has some English content on its website, which is a decent sign, but don’t show up expecting fluent English-speaking staff. Translation apps and Google Translate will probably be your friends here. That said, dental work is often easier to navigate across language barriers than internal medicine — pointing at a tooth gets you pretty far.
Standard dental services: checkups, cleaning, fillings, likely basic restorative work. Nothing in the clinic’s public profile suggests specialist-level care, so for complex implants or orthodontics, you’d want to confirm before booking.
Good option if you live in Setagaya and need a local dentist without trekking to central Tokyo. Temper your English expectations accordingly.
Patient Feedback
No substantial English-language patient reviews are publicly available for this clinic. Given its location in a quiet residential part of Setagaya, it likely draws mostly Japanese-speaking locals. If you’ve been here as an expat, your experience would genuinely be useful — the clinic’s size and neighborhood setting suggest a personal, unhurried atmosphere, but wait times and doctor communication style are unknown quantities until someone reports back.
English Language Proficiency
For translating forms, prescriptions, or discharge summaries, Jozu is worth having on your phone.
Contact & Location
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03-3822-4112 -
http://koshibu-shika.cihp.jp/
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東京都世田谷区等々力３－１９－１３ 春光ビル１階
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Todoroki Station (Oimachi Line) — 3 min walk
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