Taniguchi International Clinic (T.I.C.)
医療法人 谷口医院
Private clinic · Osaka, Japan
Can I go now?
Walk in — no appointment needed
From clinic website· 19 Sep 2026Appointments by phone; the English page also gives an email address for enquiries. A medical questionnaire can be downloaded beforehand.
Can a visitor use it?
Check with the clinic before you go — The English page says foreigners are welcome and the fee page sets a price for people without a Japanese insurance card; short-term visitors are not named explicitly.
About
A primary care clinic near Umeda with an English-speaking doctor and evening walk-in hours that publishes self-pay prices for HIV and STI tests, PEP, PrEP and DoxyPEP, and states what people without Japanese insurance pay per visit.
- Also serves
- Trans & non-binary people
Services
Rapid HIV test — Yes
Finger-prick or mouth swab; result in about 20 minutes.
Fourth-generation rapid (IC) test, result in about an hour if taken before 18:00.
HIV lab test — Yes
Blood draw; result in days; picks up recent infection sooner than rapid tests.
Fourth-generation lab test, and an HIV-1 NAT (PCR) test from 14 days after exposure with results in five to eight days.
Full STI check — Yes
Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis (usually with HIV) in one visit.
Self-pay 'simple testing' menu: HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and gonorrhoea plus chlamydia, each priced separately.
Syphilis test — Yes
Blood test.
Hepatitis B & C test — Yes
Blood test.
Seen with symptoms — Yes
Will examine and treat if you have symptoms, not only screen.
People with symptoms are seen as an ordinary consultation rather than through the self-pay testing menu.
Same-day results — Yes
Some or all results before you leave.
Rapid HIV only; other results the next day by email.
PEP (after HIV exposure) — Yes
Emergency 28-day medicine; must start within 72 hours.
You must phone or email before coming. The clinic lists needle-stick injuries, sexual assault and 'other unavoidable cases with a possibility of infection' as the situations in which it gives PEP.
PrEP — start here — Yes
Can prescribe PrEP, including to visitors.
Injectable PrEP — Yes
Long-acting PrEP injection.
Cabotegravir and lenacapavir are priced on the page, at very high self-pay prices.
DoxyPEP — Yes
Doxycycline after sex to cut syphilis and chlamydia risk; not offered everywhere.
Hep A / B vaccine — Yes
Hepatitis vaccines are listed among vaccinations.
HIV care & ART — Yes
Ongoing HIV treatment; can help if you run out of medication abroad.
HIV treatment is offered; the page says imported generics may be used for people without Japanese insurance.
Results: Rapid HIV about one hour; other tests by email the next day (Saturday tests on Monday or later); HIV NAT five to eight days
Booking, access & languages
Appointments by phone; the English page also gives an email address for enquiries. A medical questionnaire can be downloaded beforehand.
No insurance required
You can be seen without local insurance or a health card.
Without an insurance card the consultation fee is a flat self-pay amount.
Walk-in — Yes
No appointment needed (check the hours).
Evening sessions from 16:30 are first come, first served; first-time patients are accepted until 19:45 (18:45 on Saturday). Self-pay STI testing and PEP need contact by phone or email first.
No appointment required
You can come without booking (check the hours).
Late-morning sessions are by appointment only; evenings are not.
Languages: Japanese, English — The English page says consultations in English are with Dr Taniguchi.
Cost
| Service | Who | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Consultation | Visitors | From ¥5,000 First visit without a Japanese insurance card; follow-up visits 2,000 yen. |
| HIV lab test | Everyone | ¥4,400–¥15,400 Fourth-generation test (lab or one-hour rapid) 4,400 yen; HIV-1 NAT 15,400 yen. The simple-testing menu lists HIV at 2,200 yen. |
| Syphilis test | Everyone | From ¥2,200 TPHA blood test on the simple-testing menu; cash only. |
| Hepatitis B & C test | Everyone | From ¥2,200 Hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C antibody tests 2,200 yen each; cash only. |
| Full STI check Gonorrhoea plus chlamydia at one site (urine, throat or vaginal swab), 3,300 yen per site; blood tests are 2,200 yen each on top. | Everyone | From ¥3,300 Cash only. |
| PEP (after HIV exposure) One 30-tablet bottle of generic bictegravir/TAF/FTC 30,000 yen plus a 660 yen prescription fee; consultation and tests extra. | Everyone | From ¥30,660 |
| PrEP — start here | Everyone | ¥5,500–¥80,600 Per month of daily PrEP: generic TAF/FTC 5,500 yen; generic BIC/TAF/FTC 29,500 yen; brand TDF/FTC 80,600 yen. HIV test during PrEP 2,200 yen. |
| Injectable PrEP | Everyone | From ¥307,160 Cabotegravir 600 mg per injection; monthly for two months, then every two months. |
| DoxyPEP | Everyone | From ¥1,100 Per dose, plus a 660 yen prescription fee; 220 yen per dose for the clinic's PrEP patients. |
Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.
After you leave
Results by: email
Japan: good to know
- PEP in this country. Japan's national AIDS Clinical Center says PEP after sex is not an approved use of HIV medicines in Japan, so health insurance does not cover it and you pay the whole cost yourself; at its own Tokyo clinic that is a 20,000 yen first consultation plus 10,000 yen a day for the medicine (280,000 yen for 28 days), before tax. Some private clinics prescribe imported generic medicines for much less. PEP must start within 72 hours.
Emergency number: 119
Sources & last checked
Last checked 22 Sep 2026.
- e1 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.stellamate-clinic.org — English page: foreigners welcome, primary care, English consultations with Dr Taniguchi, PEP/PrEP and transgender treatment listed, hours, evening first-come sessions, phone, email, invoices for foreign or travel insurance.
- e2 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · www.stellamate-clinic.org — HIV page (Japanese): PEP conditions and price, contact before visiting, PrEP options and prices including injectables, HIV test types and prices, DoxyPEP, HIV treatment.
- e3 · From clinic website · 22 Sep 2026 · www.stellamate-clinic.org — STI 'simple testing' page (Japanese): tests and self-pay prices, cash only, results by email next day, symptomatic patients seen as ordinary consultations, phone booking.
- e4 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.stellamate-clinic.org — Home page (Japanese): address, phone numbers, consultation hours table, closed days, services including vaccinations.
- e5 · From clinic website · 19 Sep 2026 · www.stellamate-clinic.org — Fees page (Japanese): without an insurance card the consultation is 5,000 yen first visit, 2,000 yen follow-up; credit cards not accepted for insured care.
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