How walkable is Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Miyamae-ku has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the least walkable of the 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Kawasaki, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
777 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Miyamae-ku. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and books & libraries.
Groceries
- いなげや 川崎土橋店, 3 min
- 生活クラブ 宮前平デポー, 5 min
Restaurants & bars
- 茶寮游旬, 1 min
- カレーハウス CoCo壱番屋, 1 min
Shopping
- PRINT Studio NIXX, 1 min
- クリエイトSD 川崎宮前区役所前店, 2 min
Coffee
- KEY’S CAFE 川崎宮前平店, 9 min
- あ.じゃすと, 10 min
Banks
- 城南信用金庫鷺沼支店, 18 min
- セレサ川崎農業協同組合（ＪＡセレサ川崎） 鷺沼支店, 19 min
Parks
- 土橋1丁目公園, 4 min
- 神木公園, 6 min
Schools
- 川崎市立富士見台小学校, 2 min
- 宮前平中学校, 7 min
Books & libraries
- 勝木書店, 3 min
- Kabos Miyamaedaira, 3 min
Culture & entertainment
- 電車とバスの博物館, 20 min
- カラオケ コート・ダジュール, 21 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki at 35.5892, 139.5787. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 170 street intersections per km², and blocks average 81 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kawasaki
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Takatsu-ku | 2.9 km | 90 |
| Nakahara-ku | 7.1 km | 92 |
| Saiwai-ku | 11 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kawasaki page.
Questions about walking in Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki
Is Miyamae-ku walkable?
Yes. Miyamae-ku in Kawasaki has a walkability score of 87 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Miyamae-ku more walkable than the rest of Kawasaki?
Miyamae-ku is about as walkable as Kawasaki as a whole: it scores 87, against 85 for the 5 km around Kawasaki's centre. It is the least walkable of the 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Kawasaki on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kawasaki?
Of the 4 Kawasaki neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Saiwai-ku (93), Nakahara-ku (92) and Takatsu-ku (90).
How is the walkability score of Miyamae-ku calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Miyamae-ku it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps 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. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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