アキヤマ歯科医院 (Akiyama Dental Clinic)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 75/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
75/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#775/100
- Best for Expats#672.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#576.3/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#679.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#671.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#475.7/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#175/100
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ✓ General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Sedation treatment from JPY 70,000, described on the price list as allowing treatment to be completed while the patient is asleep. [s6]
Summary
Shinkyogoku-street practice a short walk from Sanjo, Shijo and Kawaramachi stations, reopened by the founder's son under the medical corporation Shikyukai. It describes itself in English as an English-speaking dental office, opens on Saturdays and Sundays, publishes a detailed self-pay price list and documents a 3D dental CT and sedation under which the patient sleeps through treatment.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 13 of 15 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Japan; mentioned for: dental implants Japan; mentioned for: emergency dentist Japan; structured data on website; google indexing quality)
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
18 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Director Chin Motofumi (the Hepburn romanisation of the furigana reading chin motofumi) named with a full career history on the clinic's own director's introduction page; no other dentist is named. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed The director's page lists universities and hospital posts (Osaka Dental University; Kyoto University Hospital oral surgery) but states no certification or specialist title. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own photographs of the premises, equipment and the founder on the clinic-introduction page. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Address, phone and route descriptions from four stations and Kansai International Airport; the phone matches the Kinki Regional Bureau register entry. [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s4] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
13 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Standing fee table covering cleaning, imaging, endodontics, ceramics, implants, sedation, dentures and orthodontics; prices stated excluding tax. [s6] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed 30-minute cleaning covered by insurance; 60-minute 'brightening' ¥15,000, 90-minute ¥20,000. [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Composite-resin restoration is shown as insurance-covered with no figure. [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed All-ceramic crown A ¥100,000, B ¥150,000, S ¥170,000; ceramic inlay ¥60,000, onlay ¥80,000. [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Implant surgery from ¥300,000 per tooth (first and second stage), sinus lift from ¥150,000, socket lift from ¥70,000. [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed First consultation covered by insurance; self-pay follow-up ¥1,000-¥3,000 within 60 minutes. [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed Plain radiography covered by insurance; CT scan ¥10,000; dental 'dock' check-up ¥10,000-¥45,000. [s6] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
13 / 20
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ◐ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) Star histogram read live on 2026-09-06 from the place page: 34 five-star, 5 four-star, 1 three-star, 3 two-star, 5 one-star. The buckets sum to 48, matching the 48 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 4.250 reproduces the published 4.3. [gmp1] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-09-04 (listing read 2026-09-26). [akiyama-dental-kyoto-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replied to two of the three reviews Google renders. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. A newest-first sort was not available; re-checking the Reviews tab returned the same three reviews, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints One critical review is readable, a year old: a Local Guide with 608 reviews says the dentist did not seem knowledgeable and was more concerned with making money than with the specific problem raised. One grievance is not a repeated theme. The histogram carries eight ratings of two stars or below out of 48 (17 per cent) outside the visible sample, so this false rests on the sample. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. A newest-first sort was not available; re-checking the Reviews tab returned the same three reviews, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Histogram shape, spread of wording and dates, and reviewer-account variety show no sign of manipulation. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. A newest-first sort was not available; re-checking the Reviews tab returned the same three reviews, so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence The clinic's Facebook page, linked from its website (same phone), has not posted since May 2020 and has one review, while its website is live (checked 2026-10-05). [akiyama-dental-kyoto-fb] [akiyama-dental-kyoto-fb-2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "Akiyama Dental Clinic Kyoto" and "Akiyama Dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor (checked 2026-10-05). [akiyama-dental-kyoto-tripadvisor] [akiyama-dental-kyoto-tripadvisor-2] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No review profile on the Japanese review sites: Caloo lists it only from the public register, with no review; EPARK Dental and WhatClinic have no page for it (checked 2026-10-02). [akiyama-dental-kyoto-presence] [akiyama-dental-kyoto-presence-2] [akiyama-dental-kyoto-presence-3] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s3] [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D dental CT (Trophy Pan Smart Osiris 3D) documented on the clinic-introduction page. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] [s6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] [reg1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Paediatric dentistry (shoni shika) is one of the declared specialties in the Kinki Regional Bureau register entry; the clinic's own site does not present a paediatric service page. [reg1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English page states the practice is an English-speaking dental office and describes access from Kansai International Airport. [s5] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
6.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available No LINE or WhatsApp channel on the clinic's site; contact is by phone, e-mail form or web booking. [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s5] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Free e-mail consultation form on the clinic's own site. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Tue/Wed/Fri 10:30-19:00 and Saturday and Sunday 10:30-17:00; closed Monday, Thursday and public holidays. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Japan", "English speaking dentist Japan", "dental implants Japan", "emergency dentist Japan", "Japan dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Japan Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "best dentist Kyoto" (named results were Hirano Dental Clinic, Yasuda Dental Clinic, Nishibori, Nakai Dental Office, OKUDA DENTAL CLINIC). [q1] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Japan [sq1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Japan Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "dental implants Kyoto" (named results were Nakai Dental Office, Fukuchi Dental Office, Anshin Implant Network). [q2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Japan Web search 2026-09-06: not among results for "emergency dentist Kyoto" (named results were Nakai Dental Office, Tsuchisaka Dental Clinic, OKUDA DENTAL CLINIC). [q3] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Japan dental clinic for expats Web search 2026-09-06: named and described ("With weekend hours and English support...welcoming, patient-centered environment for international residents, students, and travelers") in the answer for "Kyoto dental clinic for expats". [q4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No schema.org JSON-LD block in the page source. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Google indexing quality own domain ado-kyoto.com appears twice but only at positions 9-10, the last two of 10 results, behind eight Japanese dental-directory listings (Ekiten, Byoinnavi, Shinbi-shika, Hanonet, a local shopping-street association, and others) (web search 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages per treatment under /menu/ (implants, orthodontics, endodontics, periodontal, whitening, metal-free, dentures). [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: Institution code 03-0415-8 — designated health-insurance dental clinic, designated 2020-06-01. Operator: Medical Corporation Shikyukai; representative director and responsible dentist alike: Chin Motofumi. Declared specialties: dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, paediatric dentistry. Per the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare institution list, snapshot of 2026-09-01. Independently recorded in the MHLW Healthcare Information Net open data (snapshot 2025-12-01) as record 2632630001492, which is also the source of this card's coordinates. [reg1] [od1]
Dentists & MHLW register entry
| Dentist | Specialization | MHLW entry | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 陳 資史 (Chin Motofumi) [s2] [reg2] [reg1] | Director; Osaka Dental University; formerly endodontics at Osaka Dental University and oral surgery at Kyoto University Hospital | not published | Confirmed on the public register of 厚生労働省; registered since 2007, no licence number is published. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://ado-kyoto.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +81 75-213-3339 |
| https://www.facebook.com/ado.kyoto | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 406 Sakuranocho, Shinkyogoku-dori Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8035, Japan (Meizan Building 2F) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://ado-kyoto.com/ | Clinic name, service menu, opening hours, Facebook link, absence of schema.org markup, dedicated service pages | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://ado-kyoto.com/profile/ | Director's name with furigana and career history | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://ado-kyoto.com/about/ | Clinic history, premises photographs, 3D dental CT and water-line disinfection system | 2026-09-04 |
| s4 | https://ado-kyoto.com/access/ | Address, phone, map link with pin coordinates and route descriptions | 2026-09-04 |
| s5 | https://ado-kyoto.com/index_english | English-language page, English-speaking statement, services and hours in English | 2026-09-04 |
| s6 | https://ado-kyoto.com/price/ | Standing self-pay price list including cleaning, CT, ceramics, implants, sedation and orthodontics | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://kouseikyoku.mhlw.go.jp/kinki/tyousa/shinkishitei.html | Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare medical-institution code roster, Kyoto Prefecture dental workbook (2026.9_kikanzentai_kyoto_sika.xlsx), snapshot 2026-09-01: entry 198, institution code 03-0415-8, operator, responsible dentist, designation date and declared specialties | 2026-09-04 |
| reg2 | https://licenseif.mhlw.go.jp/search_isei/jsp/top.jsp | MHLW physician/dentist qualification confirmation search (national dentist register), full-name search for Chin Motofumi; register data as of 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| od1 | https://data.e-gov.go.jp/data/dataset/iryou_teikyouseido_mhlw | MHLW Healthcare Information Net open data, 03-1_dental_facility_info_20251201.csv, snapshot 2025-12-01, record 2632630001492: official name, address, English transliteration AKIYAMA DENTAL OFFICE and coordinates 35.008146 / 135.767348 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:English speaking dentist Kyoto dental clinic | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 — clinic named in the answer and in the cited English-friendly dentist listings | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A4%E3%83… | Live Google Maps place page read in a browser: rating, review count, star histogram, review dates, owner replies, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates | 2026-09-06 |
| q1 | search:best dentist Kyoto | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q2 | search:dental implants Kyoto | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q3 | search:emergency dentist Kyoto | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| q4 | search:Kyoto dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout — canonical query | 2026-09-06 |
| giq1 | search:アキヤマ歯科医院 京都 Akiyama Dental Clinic Kyoto | own domain ado-kyoto.com appears twice but only at positions 9-10, the last two of 10 results, behind eight Japanese dental-directory listings (Ekiten, Byoinnavi, Shinbi-shika, Hanonet, a local shopping-street association, and others) | 2026-09-07 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12159651276374470403&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.2 from 47 reviews; star histogram 1★ 5 / 2★ 3 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 5 / 5★ 33; newest review dated 2026-09-04; 4 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-05. | 2026-09-26 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-presence | https://caloo.jp/hospitals/detail/4260000979 | Caloo page for Akiyama Dental Clinic (Medical Corporation Shikyukai), Meizan Building 2F, 406 Sakuranocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, read 2026-10-02: the public-register entry with no review (0 reviews) | 2026-10-02 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-presence-2 | https://haisha-yoyaku.jp/bun2sdental/list/?text=%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%… | EPARK Dental's own search for the clinic's Japanese name, 2026-10-02: no clinic by that name (0 results; the suggestions are Akiyama clinics in other prefectures) | 2026-10-02 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-presence-3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/japan/kyoto | WhatClinic catalog of dentists in Kyoto read page by page on 2026-10-02 (3 listings on 1 page) and checked against the WhatClinic sitemap (3 Kyoto profiles), addresses compared: no profile of the clinic; direct profile addresses for its name (akiyama-dental-clinic, akiyama-dental-office) return 404 | 2026-10-02 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-fb | https://www.facebook.com/ado.kyoto/ | Facebook page "Akiyama Dental Clinic (name in Japanese)" (Kyoto-shi Kyoto) read on 2026-10-05; phone +81 75-213-3339; website http://www.ado-kyoto.com/; 152 followers; Not yet rated (1 review); latest post 2020-05-22; address Shinkyogoku-dori Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese); pinned and newest posts checked, none after 2020-05-22 | 2026-10-05 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-fb-2 | https://ado-kyoto.com/ | The clinic's website, opened on 2026-10-05: it is live and serves the clinic's pages | 2026-10-05 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-tripadvisor | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&details=true&q… | TripAdvisor's own search, read 2026-10-05: 12 suggestions for "Akiyama Dental Clinic Kyoto" (5 attractions, 7 hotels), none of them a dental practice in or near Kyoto; 12 suggestions for "Akiyama Dental" (6 attractions, 3 hotels, 3 restaurants), none of them a dental practice in or near Kyoto; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| akiyama-dental-kyoto-tripadvisor-2 | https://ado-kyoto.com/ | Clinic's website, home page read 2026-10-05: no link to a TripAdvisor page | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | TripAdvisor presence checked on 2026-10-05: no listing found for this clinic. |
| 2026-10-05 | Facebook presence checked on 2026-10-05: the clinic's identified page has not posted since 2020-05-22 and has one review, while the clinic's website is live. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence re-checked: presence on other review platforms — no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-04). |
| 2026-09-06 | Checked by hand in a browser: the Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read for rating, review count, star histogram, review recency, owner replies, complaint and manipulation reading, listing website, phone, address and pin coordinates; the checks that needed a rendering browser were worked through on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-04 | Adversarial verification pass 2026-09-04: the Kinki Regional Bureau entry 198 (institution code 03-0415-8, designated Reiwa 2.6.1 = 2020-06-01) and the director's register entry (Heisei 19 = 2007) reproduced live; the published price list re-read line by line; the coordinates re-checked against the open-data record and the ward cluster. |
| 2026-09-04 | Initial data collection for the Japan Dental Transparency & Trust Index: verified against the clinic's own site, the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare health-insurance institution list (snapshot 2026-09-01), the MHLW national dentist register and the MHLW medical-institution open data (snapshot 2025-12-01). |
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