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title: "Is Amagasaki walkable? Walkability score 80/100"
description: "Amagasaki scores 80/100 for walkability (Very Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Japan."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/amagasaki
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Amagasaki

# How walkable is Amagasaki?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Amagasaki has a walkability score of 80 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 16th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.

80 out of 100: Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #16 of 70 tied, in Japan
*   #127 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   82 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=34.73223&lon=135.41667&q=Amagasaki%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,470 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Amagasaki. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot.

### Groceries

2.4 of 3 points

*   スーパーオオジ 尾浜店, 8 min
*   マックスバリュ, 8 min
*   業務スーパー 尼崎尾浜店, 12 min

### Restaurants & bars

2.5 of 3 points

*   エーデルワイス, 7 min
*   喰バルちゃん, 7 min
*   わぎゅうや 尼崎本店, 7 min

### Shopping

1.7 of 2 points

*   ローソン 県立尼崎総合医療センター店, 6 min
*   セブン-イレブン, 7 min
*   株式会社 越山酒販, 8 min

### Coffee

1.7 of 2 points

*   CAFÉ de CRIÉ, 6 min
*   Cafe Bass, 9 min
*   ニチコラボ, 10 min

### Banks

0.6 of 1 point

*   三井住友銀行, 11 min
*   三井住友銀行 尼崎市役所出張所, 15 min
*   京都銀行尼崎支店, 19 min

### Parks

0.9 of 1 point

*   尼崎市記念公園, 7 min
*   芦原公園市民プール, 8 min
*   橘公園, 12 min

### Schools

0.7 of 1 point

*   尼崎市立中央中学校, 11 min
*   尼崎市立日新中学校, 11 min
*   難波の梅小学校, 13 min

### Books & libraries

0.8 of 1 point

*   ブックオフ尼崎東難波店, 8 min
*   ヴィレッジヴァンガード, 21 min
*   くまざわ書店あまがさき店, 21 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.8 of 1 point

*   尼崎ナイトランナーズ練習会, 8 min
*   梅の花マーケット, 10 min
*   あまがさき文化芸術情報局, 14 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest restaurant is 7 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
*   The nearest shop is 6 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at 34.7322, 135.4167, the point near Amagasaki's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

## Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 165 street intersections per km², and blocks average 67 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Amagasaki's score of 80 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 92 within 1 km of the centre, 83 from 1 to 3 km out and 76 from 3 to 5 km out. 83% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Amagasaki, one hexagon per square kilometre. 83% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 8, is 5 km to the south.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/amagasaki.svg?v=6bc31950c033)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Amagasaki. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 82    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 92    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 83    | 87%         | 30             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 76    | 79%         | 47             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                              | Distance | Score |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Nishinomiya](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/nishinomiya), Japan   | 8 km     | 82    |
| [Osaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka), Japan               | 8 km     | 94    |
| [Toyonaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/toyonaka), Japan         | 9 km     | 85    |
| [Sakai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/sakai), Japan               | 16 km    | 82    |
| [Higashiōsaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/higashiosaka), Japan | 16 km    | 93    |

## Questions about walking in Amagasaki

### Is Amagasaki a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Amagasaki has a walkability score of 80 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 82. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 16th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 127th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

### What is the most walkable city in Japan?

Tokyo is the most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with a score of 98. Amagasaki ranks joint 16th with 80.

### How does Amagasaki compare with nearby cities?

Amagasaki is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 80, against Nishinomiya (82, 8 km away), Osaka (94, 8 km away) and Toyonaka (85, 9 km away).

### Which part of Amagasaki is most walkable?

The streets just around Amagasaki's centre are its most walkable, averaging 92 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 82. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-west (averaging 90) and falls most to the south (27).

### How is Amagasaki's walkability score calculated?

For Amagasaki it is the average of 84 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 70 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.

This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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