MATSUO DENTAL CLINIC

Matsuo Dental Clinic sits on the second floor of Higashiyama Building in Meguro — a quiet residential pocket of Tokyo that’s well-connected but not chaotic. The clinic runs a standard general dentistry practice: cleanings, fillings, crowns, the usual. Their website (matsmile.com) has some English-language content, which suggests they’ve thought about international patients at least a little. Whether that translates to a fully English-capable front desk is less certain. You might get someone comfortable in English, or you might be leaning on Google Translate for the intake form. It’s not a dedicated expat clinic, so set expectations accordingly. That said, Meguro has enough foreign residents that local clinics here tend to be more used to non-Japanese patients than, say, a rural practice would be. If you’re already living in the area and need a neighborhood dentist rather than a specialty referral, this is worth a call — just have your Japanese address and insurance card ready, and maybe a translation app on standby.