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title: "Is Asahikawa walkable? Walkability score 71/100"
description: "Asahikawa scores 71/100 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/asahikawa
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Asahikawa

# How walkable is Asahikawa?

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

Asahikawa has a walkability score of 71 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 40th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.

71 out of 100: Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #40 of 70 tied, in Japan
*   #267 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   96 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=43.76285&lon=142.37111&q=Asahikawa%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,528 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Asahikawa. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

3.0 of 3 points

*   銀座鮮魚店, 3 min
*   ザ・ビッグ宮前通店, 8 min
*   おかしのたにぽん旭川店, 9 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   ドミノ・ピザ, 1 min
*   そば源 三番館店, 2 min
*   レストラン オネット, 3 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   どら猫帽子店, 2 min
*   Jonnyalive楽天市場店, 2 min
*   Coney Island Asahikawa, 2 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   寄りみちカフェ さん歩, 3 min
*   Good Raku, 3 min
*   みんなのカフェ銀座, 4 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   旭川信用金庫銀座支店, 4 min
*   北洋銀行大雪通支店, 8 min
*   秋田銀行旭川支店, 13 min

### Parks

0.9 of 1 point

*   日進の森公園, 6 min
*   宮前公園, 11 min
*   宮前あさひ公園, 11 min

### Schools

0.7 of 1 point

*   あひる保育園, 10 min
*   深川西高校, 12 min
*   旭川市立女子高等学校, 13 min

### Books & libraries

0.8 of 1 point

*   コーチャンフォー 旭川店, 8 min
*   くまざわ書店旭川店, 10 min
*   ジュンク堂書店旭川店, 15 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   憩の広場, 6 min
*   らーめん山頭火 旭川動物園通り店, 9 min
*   Hokuchin Memorial Museum, 9 min

Measured from the centre at 43.7629, 142.3711, the point near Asahikawa'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 114 street intersections per km², and blocks average 95 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Asahikawa's score of 71 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, 82 from 1 to 3 km out and 62 from 3 to 5 km out. 12 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 68% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Asahikawa, one hexagon per square kilometre. 68% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 0, is 5 km to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/asahikawa.svg?v=cc80d8da7ff9)

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

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 96    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 92    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 82    | 89%         | 27             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 62    | 51%         | 45             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                      | Distance | Score |
| ----------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Sapporo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/sapporo), Japan   | 113 km   | 89    |
| [Akita](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/akita), Japan       | 488 km   | 64    |
| [Sendai](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/sendai), Japan     | 625 km   | 79    |
| [Niigata](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/niigata), Japan   | 709 km   | 77    |
| [Kōriyama](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/koriyama), Japan | 729 km   | 61    |

## Questions about walking in Asahikawa

### Is Asahikawa a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Asahikawa has a walkability score of 71 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 96. 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 40th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 267th 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. Asahikawa ranks joint 40th with 71.

### How does Asahikawa compare with nearby cities?

Asahikawa sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 71, against Sapporo (89, 113 km away), Akita (64, 488 km away) and Sendai (79, 625 km away).

### Which part of Asahikawa is most walkable?

Asahikawa's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 96. Walkability averages 92 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the east (averaging 82) and falls most to the south-west (21).

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

For Asahikawa it is the average of 79 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 54 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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