Okubo Shikaiinn

Okubo Shikaiinn is a neighborhood dental clinic tucked into the second floor of a building in Kyojima, Sumida — a quiet residential pocket of east Tokyo that most expats never end up in. It’s a local practice, not an international one, so don’t walk in expecting a bilingual front desk and English consent forms. That said, the clinic does have some English-facing presence online, which suggests at least some awareness that foreign patients exist. For expats living in Sumida or nearby areas like Kinshicho or Oshiage, this could be a practical option for routine dental work — cleanings, fillings, that kind of thing — without trekking to central Tokyo. Come prepared: have your Japanese address written down, use Google Translate for anything complex, and don’t assume the dentist speaks English fluently even if they can manage a few words. It’s a real local clinic doing real dental work. Manage expectations and it’ll probably be fine.