How walkable is Kasugai, Aichi?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Kasugai, Aichi has a walkability score of 74 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 34th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the centre
905 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kasugai, Aichi. The nearest grocery is about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- アオキスーパー朝宮店, 13 min
- 鞍馬清水屋春日井店, 14 min
Restaurants & bars
- どんどん庵春日井瑞穂店, 2 min
- 日比野, 3 min
Shopping
- ドコモショップ春日井店, 2 min
- 吉浜人形春日井店, 3 min
Coffee
- 珈琲専門店らかん, 6 min
- Cafe Bergen, 9 min
Banks
- 春日井ローンサービスセンター, 12 min
- 三菱東京Ufj銀行春日井支店, 17 min
Parks
- 慈恵公園, 5 min
- 中央公園, 6 min
Schools
- 柏原小学校, 9 min
- 柏原中学校, 10 min
Books & libraries
- 春日井市図書館, 15 min
Culture & entertainment
- カラオケオークランド, 8 min
- Gc Prostho Museum Research Center, 8 min
Measured from the centre at 35.2437, 136.9640, the point near Kasugai, Aichi'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 229 street intersections per km², and blocks average 71 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Kasugai, Aichi's score of 74 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 87 within 1 km of the centre, 76 from 1 to 3 km out and 70 from 3 to 5 km out. 64% 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 Kasugai, Aichi. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 91 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 87 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 76 | 70% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 70 | 55% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nagoya, Japan | 9 km | 92 |
| Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan | 17 km | 66 |
| Toyota, Aichi, Japan | 24 km | 60 |
| Gifu, Japan | 27 km | 76 |
| Okazaki, Aichi, Japan | 38 km | 70 |
Questions about walking in Kasugai, Aichi
Is Kasugai, Aichi a walkable city?
Around its centre, yes. Kasugai, Aichi has a walkability score of 74 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 91. 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 34th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 222nd 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. Kasugai, Aichi ranks joint 34th with 74.
How does Kasugai, Aichi compare with nearby cities?
Kasugai, Aichi sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 74, against Nagoya (92, 9 km away), Ichinomiya, Aichi (66, 17 km away) and Toyota, Aichi (60, 24 km away).
Which part of Kasugai, Aichi is most walkable?
Kasugai's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 91. Walkability averages 87 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 84) and falls most to the south-east (56).
How is Kasugai, Aichi's walkability score calculated?
For Kasugai, Aichi 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; 56 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.
Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the How Walkable app, for example "How walkable is Kasugai, Aichi?"