How walkable is Kawagoe, Saitama?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Kawagoe, Saitama has a walkability score of 58 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 65th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,702 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kawagoe, Saitama. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- 55kitchen 川越店, 2 min
- イトーヨーカ堂川越店, 3 min
Restaurants & bars
- American Dining Third Soul, 1 min
- ビアザウルス 本川越店, 1 min
Shopping
- メガネスーパー川越クレアモール店, 1 min
- マツモトキヨシ 川越クレアモール店, 1 min
Coffee
- 珈琲館川越新富町店, 1 min
- Supcoffeestand, 1 min
Banks
- 三井住友銀行川越ローンプラザ, 1 min
- 八十二銀行川越支店, 2 min
Parks
- 通町公園, 8 min
- 旧山崎家別邸, 17 min
Schools
- あそか幼稚園, 4 min
- 埼玉県立川越工業高等学校, 7 min
Books & libraries
- リブロ川越店, 4 min
- アニメイト川越, 6 min
Culture & entertainment
- カラオケ館川越店, 3 min
- 川越i.M.O, 3 min
Measured from the centre at 35.9125, 139.4825, the point near Kawagoe, Saitama'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 167 street intersections per km², and blocks average 73 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Kawagoe, Saitama's score of 58 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 93 within 1 km of the centre, 66 from 1 to 3 km out and 49 from 3 to 5 km out. 42% 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.
- 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 Kawagoe, Saitama. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 93 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 66 | 48% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 49 | 31% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan | 12 km | 69 |
| Saitama, Japan | 15 km | 79 |
| Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan | 23 km | 87 |
| Koshigaya, Japan | 27 km | 70 |
| Tokyo, Japan | 31 km | 98 |
Questions about walking in Kawagoe, Saitama
Is Kawagoe, Saitama a walkable city?
Partly. Kawagoe, Saitama has a walkability score of 58 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some 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 65th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 484th 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. Kawagoe, Saitama ranks joint 65th with 58.
How does Kawagoe, Saitama compare with nearby cities?
Kawagoe, Saitama is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 58, against Tokorozawa, Saitama (69, 12 km away), Saitama (79, 15 km away) and Kawaguchi, Saitama (87, 23 km away).
Which part of Kawagoe, Saitama is most walkable?
Kawagoe'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 93 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south-east (averaging 75) and falls most to the north-east (27).
How is Kawagoe, Saitama's walkability score calculated?
For Kawagoe, Saitama 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; 37 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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