Otsuka Kusunose Shika

Otsuka Kusunose Shika is a neighborhood dental clinic tucked into the ground floor of Shin-Otsuka Plaza in Bunkyo, a quiet residential ward that doesn’t see many foreign patients. The clinic has some English content on its website, which is a decent sign, but don’t assume you’ll walk in and have a fully English conversation at the front desk. This is a general dentistry practice — cleanings, fillings, crowns, the usual — not a specialist center. The location is convenient if you’re living or working around Otsuka or Myogadani. Bring your insurance card, download a translation app just in case, and don’t expect the kind of bilingual hand-holding you’d get at an international clinic in Minato or Shibuya. That said, Japanese dental clinics at this level are often thorough, affordable under National Health Insurance, and not the chaotic experience newcomers fear. If you’re nearby and need a reliable local dentist rather than a tourist-friendly one, this is worth checking out.