How walkable is Kashiwa?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Kashiwa has a walkability score of 77 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 23rd most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,976 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kashiwa. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Kim Hue Foods 柏店, 4 min
- マミーマート柏若葉町店, 6 min
Restaurants & bars
- スペイン食堂, 1 min
- イタリア食堂 Fermata, 1 min
Shopping
- デザインショップ・エアー, 2 min
- ミサワリフォーム関東 柏店, 4 min
Coffee
- すき家 イオンモール柏店, 8 min
- イデカフェイオン柏店, 8 min
Banks
- みずほ信託銀行 柏支店, 13 min
- 京葉銀行柏支店, 13 min
Parks
- 日立台公園, 12 min
- 千代田町公園, 14 min
Schools
- 柏市立柏第三小学校, 8 min
- 柏幼稚園, 10 min
Books & libraries
- BOOK OFF, 13 min
- アニメイト 柏店, 13 min
Culture & entertainment
- Sound studio M kashiwa part 2 - M5th, 2 min
- 戸定歴史館, 6 min
Measured from the centre at 35.8545, 139.9662, the point near Kashiwa'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 203 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
Kashiwa's score of 77 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 88 within 1 km of the centre, 77 from 1 to 3 km out and 76 from 3 to 5 km out. 76% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Kashiwa. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 95 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 88 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 77 | 76% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 76 | 73% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Matsudo, Japan | 11 km | 79 |
| Koshigaya, Japan | 17 km | 70 |
| Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan | 25 km | 87 |
| Saitama, Japan | 29 km | 79 |
| Chiba, Japan | 32 km | 78 |
Questions about walking in Kashiwa
Is Kashiwa a walkable city?
Around its centre, yes. Kashiwa has a walkability score of 77 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 95. 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 23rd of 70 cities in Japan and joint 170th 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. Kashiwa ranks joint 23rd with 77.
How does Kashiwa compare with nearby cities?
Kashiwa sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 77, against Matsudo (79, 11 km away), Koshigaya (70, 17 km away) and Kawaguchi, Saitama (87, 25 km away).
Which part of Kashiwa is most walkable?
Kashiwa's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 95. Walkability averages 88 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-west (averaging 88) and falls most to the east (58).
How is Kashiwa's walkability score calculated?
For Kashiwa it is the average of 88 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 67 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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