Akiba Dental Clinic: The Akihabara dentist in which a moe maid in cosplay cleans your teeth
This new dentist wants to make otaku desires occur real.
Tokyo’s Akihabara, or “Akiba” as it’s affectionately known in otaku circles, has extensive been acknowledged as a place where moe, thoughts of sturdy affection to 2-D people in media like anime and manga, is not just approved but encouraged and celebrated.
The heat and fuzzy entire world of moe is laden with cuteness and a sense of comfort and ease, and it is the central thought that maid cafes in the space have designed their successes on. Now, the strategy of maids and moe is getting made use of to deliver comfort to one more variety of clientele in a a bit much more nerve-wracking atmosphere — the dentist’s office.
▼ Which is ideal – a moe dentist is opening up in Akihabara.
This strange dentist’s office goes by the title “Akiba Shika” (“Akiba Dentistry”) in Japanese and “Akiba Dental Clinic” in English. Contrary to other dental clinics, this a person has a hygienist who’s dressed as a maid, and to get anyone acquainted with the uncommon thought, a preview occasion was held for the community on 10-12 June, in advance of the clinic’s formal July opening.
Our reporter Seiji Nakazawa stopped by to see what it was all about, and when he arrived, the to start with factor that amazed him was the magnificence of the reception location, which was thoroughly clean, contemporary, quiet, and inviting.
▼ Then he stepped into the dentist’s place, and which is where by he bought his to start with glimpse of moe at the dentist.
Those people who’ve often imagined there was not ample arms-on conversation with maids at a maid cafe will want to make a scheduling to get their teeth cleaned in this article, since this is a incredibly arms-on encounter.
▼ Really worth obtaining a filling for.
For the duration of Seiji’s visit, the maid who attended to him was Riko Konoe (@ko_no_e on Twitter), who’s each a cosplayer and a capable dental hygienist. She did a wonderful career of creating Seiji truly feel quiet and perfectly cared for, so by the time he sat up once more he felt as if both his mouth and head were refreshed.
With so numerous maid cafes about, Seiji began to speculate why no one had considered to merge moe and dentistry in advance of, so he questioned Joji Yukawa, the dentist and clinic director, about his causes for opening the dental clinic.
Seiji: Why did you make a decision to open up a organization with this strategy?
Dr Yukawa: “I feel there are quite a number of persons who are fearful of dentists, to the extent that they have a phobia all-around dentistry. Originally, the setting up position for this organization was the desire to have all those people occur to the dentist. Then, when I was imagining about how I could get them to arrive, I assumed it would enable if they could have a superior relationship with the staff. It would be pleasant if they could have a dentist who did not just look at their enamel, but a dentist whom they could chat to as properly.”
Dr Yukawa: “Because I’m basically a dentist, there’s only so significantly I can do, so the essential treatment I provide will be the very same as a typical dentist. On the other hand if persons want to just speak [to allay their fears about dental visits] that would be irregular get the job done that a ordinary dentist doesn’t supply, so I have not determined how to go about that just still — it’ll be worked out through the opening process.”
Dr Yukawa surely had a kind aura about him that would aid to tranquil anybody with a dental phobia, and at times a absolutely free dental session, with a maid by your facet, can be essential to carefully coaxing these far more nervous styles into the dentist’s chair.
However, owning a maid in the business could possibly give clients a detrimental impression about everyone’s credentials, so Seiji addressed the elephant in the home by inquiring:
Seiji: Do you offer suitable dental exams?
Dr. Yukawa: “Of study course. To be genuine, I imagine it’s pure for individuals to have that variety of impact, so I’m only applying top-of-the-vary gear. It’s some thing I’ve been most very careful about.”
Dr Yukawa, who graduated from Nagano Prefecture’s Matsumoto Dental College, features treatment for cavities and periodontal sickness, as well as dental implant, cleansing, and whitening providers.
Seiji was making an attempt difficult to find a crack in this seemingly desire-arrive-accurate dental clinic, so he enquired about their unusually late opening several hours.
Seiji: I listened to that Akiba Dental will start off viewing people from 1 July. If you are a really serious dentist, why are your business enterprise several hours so various to other dentists? Isn’t it late to run from 2-11 p.m.?
Without having missing a conquer, Dr Yukawa replied:
“Because our focus on demographic isn’t children, it is people today in Akihabara.”
Seiji realised these running hrs would absolutely go well with all the business enterprise workers in and all over Akihabara, who at times do not depart the office environment right up until right after 9:00 p.m. It can be tricky to obtain a dentist open up at that time of evening, so Akiba Dental has actually accomplished its investigate on who its focus on client is.
Which is when our dentist-fearing, late-night performing, moe and maid-loving Seiji realised he was the clinic’s focus on purchaser.
The group at Akiba Dental seriously do fill a specialized niche in the Tokyo dental environment, and now that Seiji has tried out it for himself, he extremely suggests paying out them a visit. Soon after you stop by the maid cafe with moe ointment and the otaku hair salon, of class.
Location data
Akiba Dental Clinic / アキバ歯科
Handle: Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku, Sotokanda 4-4-3, Ogiso Building 2F
東京都千代田区外神田4-4-3 小木曾ビル2F
Open: 2:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Closed: Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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