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title: "Is Kanazawa walkable? Walkability score 80/100"
description: "Kanazawa 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/kanazawa
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Kanazawa

# How walkable is Kanazawa?

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

Kanazawa 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
*   100 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=36.56884&lon=136.65091&q=Kanazawa%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

3,262 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kanazawa. The nearest grocery is about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.

### Groceries

3.0 of 3 points

*   DINO, 4 min
*   リリー商店, 4 min
*   金田米穀店, 6 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   水ひき亭, 3 min
*   ビストロ・ド・ラ・コンティ, 3 min
*   つる幸, 3 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   ピップリケラ, 2 min
*   鶴見印舗・金沢のはんこ屋, 3 min
*   ローソン, 3 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   Townsfolk Coffee, 1 min
*   ひがしやま荘, 4 min
*   アウルズフート, 4 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   みずほ銀行金沢支店, 5 min
*   三井住友信託銀行金沢中央支店, 5 min
*   北陸銀行金沢支店, 5 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   松ヶ枝緑地, 2 min
*   穴水町児童公園, 4 min
*   金沢城公園, 9 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   中央小学校, 3 min
*   金沢大学附属小学校, 4 min
*   美川特区アットマーク国際高等学校, 6 min

### Books & libraries

1.0 of 1 point

*   金沢市立玉川図書館, 2 min
*   みつわ結納専門店, 3 min
*   ブック宮丸 ムサシ店, 8 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   銭屋五平衛記念館, 4 min
*   カラオケ, 4 min
*   Museum of Architecture,kanazawa, 4 min

Measured from the centre at 36.5688, 136.6509, the point near Kanazawa'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 206 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Kanazawa'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 95 within 1 km of the centre, 86 from 1 to 3 km out and 74 from 3 to 5 km out. 79% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Kanazawa, one hexagon per square kilometre. 78% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 2, is 5 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/kanazawa.svg?v=e947c3824b55)

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

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 100   | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 95    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 86    | 97%         | 29             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 74    | 65%         | 48             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                                 | Distance | Score |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Toyama](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/toyama), Japan                | 55 km    | 67    |
| [Gifu](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/gifu), Japan                    | 132 km   | 76    |
| [Nagano](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/nagano), Japan                | 140 km   | 63    |
| [Ichinomiya, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/ichinomiya), Japan | 146 km   | 66    |
| [Kasugai, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kasugai), Japan       | 154 km   | 74    |

## Questions about walking in Kanazawa

### Is Kanazawa a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Kanazawa 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 100. 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. Kanazawa ranks joint 16th with 80.

### How does Kanazawa compare with nearby cities?

Kanazawa is more walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 80, against Toyama (67, 55 km away), Gifu (76, 132 km away) and Nagano (63, 140 km away).

### Which part of Kanazawa is most walkable?

Kanazawa's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 100. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-west (averaging 86) and falls most to the east (40).

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

For Kanazawa 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; 66 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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