Sagawa Shikaiin

Sagawa Shikaiin is a small neighborhood dental clinic in Higashi-Nakano, just west of Shinjuku. It’s a local practice — the kind that serves the same families for years rather than chasing international patients. The website has some English content, which is a decent sign, but don’t book expecting a fully bilingual experience. This is likely a “some English, lots of goodwill” situation. If you need a filling, a cleaning, or something routine, you can probably make it work with a translation app and some patience. For complex treatment requiring detailed back-and-forth, go in prepared. Nakano is well-connected, so getting here is easy. The clinic itself is modest in scale, which usually means shorter waits and a more personal feel than a big dental chain. Worth a try if you’re in the area and don’t need hand-holding in English.