土坂歯科医院 (Tsuchisaka Shika Iin)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 44.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #21 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 6 September 2026
44.4/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2144.4/100
- Best for Expats#2047/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#947.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#2131/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1851.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#1247/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
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) — Not verified
Summary
Two-dentist practice near Kyoto Station under the medical corporation Yuwakai, open every day of the week from 10:00 to 20:00 including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. It advertises same-day appointments, an official LINE channel and treatment explained in English, and runs a home-visit service; it publishes no prices.
Strengths
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 13 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- Reputation & Reviews: 6.5 of 17 verifiable points (missing: clinic responds to reviews; active Facebook presence)
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
14 / 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 土坂 伸夫 (Nobuo Tsuchisaka) and dentist 眞鍋 太郎 (Taro Manabe), both with romanisations published by the clinic itself. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Career histories are published (Osaka Dental University 1993 and prosthodontics residency for the director; Nippon Dental University 2006 and oral surgery at Osaka Dental University for 眞鍋 太郎) but no certification or specialist title is stated for either dentist. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone, address, hours and LINE channel; the phone matches the Kinki Regional Bureau register entry. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version The 'For English' link leads to a single 2021 notice reading 'For Foreign Patients we can explain in English', not an English version of the site. [s3] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s4] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No price page and no figure on any treatment page of the clinic's site. [s1] [s2] [s4] [s5] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s5] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
6.5 / 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: 5 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 5 one-star. The buckets sum to 11, matching the 11 in the place-page header exactly, and the weighted mean 3.091 reproduces the published 3.1. [gmp1] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-06 from the place-page header; the star histogram sums to the same figure. [gmp1] | 0.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 3 months old, which proves the within-3-months bucket and no better. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clinic responds to reviews No owner reply appears under any visible review. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Deliberately left unknown. Five of the eleven ratings - 45 per cent of the base - are one-star, so recording 'no recurring complaints' as false would credit a clean record the distribution flatly contradicts. The one negative that is readable is a re-post whose substance is mostly an explanation of Google having attached the review to the wrong business, so it demonstrates no theme either. Neither value is honest, and the field stays null with the reasoning here. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 5/1/0/0/5 shape is a small base split almost exactly in half, which is a divided clientele rather than a manipulation signature. Sample: the 3 reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order. The Newest sort does not open to the extension (re-tested on this run by opening the Reviews tab and scrolling the panel, which returned the same three reviews), so no fresher slice is available. [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence No Facebook page linked from the clinic's site; the only social channel is an official LINE account. [s1] | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
7 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics Orthodontics does not appear in the clinic's published service list (caries, periodontal, paediatric, oral surgery, dentures, aesthetics, maintenance, home visits), nor in the specialties declared in its register entry (歯科 only). [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care 「当日予約可能」 (same-day appointments available) in the site header; the second dentist's introduction addresses patients with sudden toothache. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Notice for foreign patients stating treatment can be explained in English. [s3] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
7 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available Official LINE account linked from the site header. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s3] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-20:00 (last reception 19:30) including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, staffed by dentists on a rota. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
5.5 / 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 WebSearch 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 WebSearch 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 WebSearch 2026-09-06: named and described ("open until 20:00 every day, including weekends and public holidays...offers home visits where dentists and hygienists bring specialized equipment") in the answer for "emergency dentist Kyoto". [q3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Japan dental clinic for expats WebSearch 2026-09-06: not among results for "Kyoto dental clinic for expats" (named results were Nakai Dental Office, Okuda Dental Clinic, Akiyama Dental Clinic, Manabe Dental Clinic). [q4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website The only JSON-LD block is a BreadcrumbList; there is no LocalBusiness or Dentist markup. [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality own domain tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com is the only domain on the page — all 7 results are its own (homepage, first-visit, staff, access, cosmetic, dentures and a foreigners page) (SearXNG opnxng.com 2026-09-07) [giq1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate pages for caries, periodontal treatment, paediatric dentistry, oral surgery, dentures, aesthetics, maintenance and home visits. [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: 医療機関コード 04-0321-6 — designated health-insurance dental clinic (保険医療機関), designated 2017-03-01. Operator: 医療法人融和会 (Medical Corporation Yuwakai), representative director 眞鍋 太郎; responsible dentist (管理者) 土坂 伸夫. Declared specialty 歯科. Per the Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare institution list, snapshot of 2026-09-01. [reg1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| 土坂 伸夫 (Nobuo Tsuchisaka) [s2] [reg2] [reg1] | 院長 (director) and the clinic's 管理者; Osaka Dental University 1993, prosthodontics residency at the same university | Registered 歯科医師 — MHLW 医師等資格確認検索, year of registration 平成5年 (1993). The register publishes no registration number. |
| 眞鍋 太郎 (Taro Manabe) [s2] [reg2] [reg1] | 歯科医師 and representative director of 医療法人融和会; Nippon Dental University 2006; oral and maxillofacial surgery at Osaka Dental University 2008-2009 | Registered 歯科医師 — MHLW 医師等資格確認検索, year of registration 平成18年 (2006). The register publishes no registration number. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://www.tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +81 75-352-6711 |
| LINE | https://lin.ee/MjGFTrU |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 459-2 Zaimoku-cho, Shichijo-dori Ainomachi Higashi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8146, Japan (Estem Plaza Kyoto Kawaramachi-dori II Residential 1F) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com/ | Clinic name, service list, opening hours including weekends and holidays, same-day appointment statement, LINE channel, structured-data check | 2026-09-04 |
| s2 | https://www.tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com/staff/ | Named dentists with clinic-published romanisations and career histories | 2026-09-04 |
| s3 | https://www.tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com/2021/07/27/132/ | Notice for foreign patients: treatment can be explained in English | 2026-09-04 |
| s4 | https://www.tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com/access/ | Address and embedded Google Maps place reference with pin coordinates | 2026-09-04 |
| s5 | https://www.tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com/prevent/ | Plain-language description of professional cleaning and maintenance; no prices | 2026-09-04 |
| reg1 | https://kouseikyoku.mhlw.go.jp/kinki/tyousa/shinkishitei.html | Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare コード内容別医療機関一覧表, Kyoto Prefecture dental workbook (2026.9_kikanzentai_kyoto_sika.xlsx), snapshot 2026-09-01: entry 265, 医療機関コード 04-0321-6, operator, responsible dentist, designation date and declared specialty | 2026-09-04 |
| reg2 | https://licenseif.mhlw.go.jp/search_isei/jsp/top.jsp | MHLW 医師等資格確認検索 (national dentist register), full-name searches for 土坂 伸夫 and 眞鍋 太郎; register data as of 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-04 |
| sq1 | search:English speaking dentist Kyoto dental clinic | AI/search visibility scout 2026-09-04 — clinic named among the English-friendly dentists in Kyoto Prefecture in the cited listing | 2026-09-04 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tsuchizaka+Dental+Clinic/@34.9890… | 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:土坂歯科医院 京都 Tsuchisaka Dental Clinic Kyoto | own domain tsuchisakashika-you-wakai.com is the only domain on the page — all 7 results are its own (homepage, first-visit, staff, access, cosmetic, dentures and a foreigners page) | 2026-09-07 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | Combined browser pass (agent I-3, korea + japan): 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 country worklist rows 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 265 (医療機関コード 04-0321-6, 指定 平29.3.1, 医療法人融和会, 管理者 土坂 伸夫) and both dentist register entries reproduced live (眞鍋 太郎 also resolves from the standard-form spelling 真鍋); the coordinates confirmed to come from the clinic's own embedded map (!2d135.762023 / !3d34.988); structured data re-checked and confirmed BreadcrumbList only. |
| 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) and the MHLW national dentist register. |
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