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English Speaking Doctors in Kyoto – Recommended by Local Residents

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Should you fall sick while visiting Kyoto, it will give you much peace of mind to know that your doctor is both reputable and can speak your language! Here is a list of English Speaking Doctors recommended by local residents. This list is not exhaustive of course so please add your own recommendations in the comments:

Kyoto Furitsu Medical University Hospital have English speaking doctors in all department. But you need someone who can help on reception (only Japanese) http://www.h.kpu-m.ac.jp/doc/practice/department/sika.html

Nakano Sensei- who is a regular medical doctor who specialized in gastroenterology but is now a Chinese medicine doctor. I like him because he knows both systems. He’s located on Kitaoji at the southwest corner in the building with the eyeglass store on the first floor. The place is called RokuGoKai.
http://rokugoukai.com/shinryo.html

Kawanaka Sensei at Shugakuin Byoin (Shirakawa Kitayama). Good man, speaks English. I don’t know if the receptionist speaks English.
http://www.shotokukai.jp/shugakuin/

Dr TANAKA, Kanpo (Chinese traditional) medicine:　 http://homepage3.nifty.com/rokkaku-tanaka/

Japan Baptist Hospital has some English speaking doctors but apparently the waiting time is long (though in all fairness this will probably be the case in most places). Dr Suzuki in Gynecology, speaks both French & English, and is particularly recommended.
Tel: (075) 781-5191
47 Yamanomoto-machi, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
http://www.jbh.or.jp

More hospitals and doctors are listed here: English Speaking Doctors.

 

See also: Makimura Dental Clinic

Crossfit Kyoto

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Crossfit
Mewby, Russell and Michael

Last month Mewby and I completed an 8 lesson “Elements” training program over 4 weeks at Russell Trott’s Crossfit Kyoto. I have to say that Russell is an excellent trainer, who takes everyone’s personal abilities/needs fully into account during training and always with good humour. If you want to get fit, or at least start to feel fitter than you are now, you can’t go wrong with Russell. We both fully enjoyed the course and definitely felt the benefits. We learned the basics of squats, stretches, and lifts and through a series of workouts and training sessions improved on our initial performance levels. I also learned that I have been doing push-ups wrongly all my life (you keep your elbows in). Thank you Russell! Deep Kyoto highly recommends Crossfit Kyoto!

Russell shows our improved times
Russell shows our improved times.

Contact Russell via his website to get started: http://www.crossfitkyoto.com/
Also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossFitKyoto

Makimura Dental Clinic

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Like most people I’m not keen on visits to the dentist and tend to put them off for as long as possible. However, if I want to keep this set of gnashers in good nick then it’s important to get them checked out occasionally. When I do so, I want a dentist who can explain things to me in English and I want someone I trust. I’ve had bad experiences with unscrupulous dentists, in both my home country and here, who are a little too keen on putting multiple fillings in teeth before any cavities appear! So having found a dentist I can rely on – I’m sticking with him. My dentist of choice is Takahiro Makimura at the Makimura Dental Clinic. He’s a friendly chap and even if he doesn’t treat you personally he is always on hand to explain what is going on. And he gives good ongoing dental care advice too. I have found there to be very little waiting time when I’ve gone there, so none of that soul-draining time in a waiting room listening to the shrill whining of drills. The service is quick and efficient and no one is interested in wasting your time or your money. Even though I live quite far from the clinic now, I still go back there because I know that at Makimura Dental Clinic I can have peace of mind.

Makimura Dental Clinic is a short walk south of Matsugasaki Station (on the subway Karasuma line), on the south-east corner of Matsugasaki Street and Hokusen Street. Here is a map.

Here are the opening hours:
Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 – 13:00 / 15:00 – 19:00
Saturday: 9:00 – 13:00 / 15:00 – 18:00
Closed on Thursdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Call this number to book an appointment: 075-712-8148
You can check out their website here and download a patient questionnaire here.

If this clinic is in an inconvenient location for you then you can always check the list of English speaking doctors and dentists on the KCIF site here.

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Sakabe International Clinic
Feeling Blue?

Feeling Blue?

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Here’s Ian Ropke with some advice for beating the summer blues…

Nine tips for residents who are feeling a bit low or a bit homesick

For foreigners who find themselves in Kyoto and who are feeling lonely or homesick, here are a few simple things you can do to get through the day with a smile.

rui-by-mewby 1. Try to get to know as many dogs as you can. When you can’t get human affection, you can always count on a dog! It’s also an easy way to meet people. If the dog likes you the owner will too. [Ed: Dog Cafe & Nest are two good spots for doggy encounters.]

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