Masaki Shika

Masaki Shika sits on the second floor of the Daiichi Otaka Building in Nishi-Kasai, one of west Edogawa’s most expat-dense neighborhoods. The corporate name — Dental Honest — tells you something about how they present themselves: straightforward, no-nonsense dentistry without the upsell culture that plagues some Tokyo clinics.

They handle general dentistry: cleanings, fillings, extractions, the everyday stuff that keeps your teeth functional. English capability is conversational rather than fluent, so you won’t be lost, but you might want to write down complex medical history before you arrive rather than trying to explain it on the spot. Basic communication about what hurts and what needs doing? Totally manageable.

Nishi-Kasai itself has one of Tokyo’s largest Indian communities and a solid expat population, so clinics here tend to be more practiced at dealing with non-Japanese patients than you’d find in less international parts of the city. This isn’t a specialist clinic — if you need implants or orthodontics, ask whether they handle that in-house or refer out.