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title: "Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki walkability score: 90/100"
description: "Takatsu-ku in Kawasaki scores 90/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise): what's within a walk and how it compares with Kawasaki."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kawasaki/takatsu-ku
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
---

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4.  Takatsu-ku

# How walkable is Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki?

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

Takatsu-ku has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of the 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Kawasaki, which scores 85 as a whole.

90 out of 100: Walker's Paradise

Daily errands do not require a car.

*   #3 of 4 in Kawasaki
*   85 Kawasaki overall
*   99 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=35.59954&lon=139.60798&q=Takatsu-ku%2C%20Kawasaki) 

## What's within walking distance

1,251 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Takatsu-ku. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.

### Groceries

3.0 of 3 points

*   まいばすけっと溝の口南店, 1 min
*   オーケー 溝ノ口店, 4 min
*   東急ストア 溝の口店, 4 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   curry & coffee curcuma, 1 min
*   Kona, 1 min
*   焼き鳥こけこっこー, 1 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   ローソン・スリーエフ 高津区役所前店, 1 min
*   スタジオ入江, 1 min
*   コスモス 高津区役所前店, 1 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   アジアンカフェヒロズ溝口, 3 min
*   二坪喫茶 アベコーヒー, 3 min
*   PRONTO, 4 min

### Banks

1.0 of 1 point

*   芝信用金庫溝ノ口支店, 2 min
*   株三井住友銀行 溝ノ口法人営業部, 6 min
*   三井住友銀行 溝ノ口支店, 6 min

### Parks

0.9 of 1 point

*   久本薬医門公園, 6 min
*   久本公園, 9 min
*   溝口南公園, 11 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   高津区役所川崎市立下作延中央保育園, 4 min
*   高津幼稚園, 6 min
*   すこやか 溝口保育園, 9 min

### Books & libraries

1.0 of 1 point

*   明誠書房, 3 min
*   文教堂書店溝の口駅前店, 6 min
*   Tsutaya 溝の口駅前店, 6 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.9 of 1 point

*   カラオケの鉄人溝ノ口店, 6 min
*   カラオケ JOYSOUND溝の口店, 7 min
*   歌広場 溝の口店, 7 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki at 35.5995, 139.6080. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

## Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 147 street intersections per km², and blocks average 77 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## Walkability across Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki

![Walkability scores across the 2 km around the centre of Takatsu-ku. 98% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 68, is 2 km to the north.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/kawasaki/takatsu-ku.svg?v=39e2d159b8c6)

Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Takatsu-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 |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Miyamae-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kawasaki/miyamae-ku)   | 2.9 km   | 87    |
| [Nakahara-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kawasaki/nakahara-ku) | 5 km     | 92    |
| [Saiwai-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kawasaki/saiwai-ku)     | 9.4 km   | 93    |

See every neighbourhood ranked on the [Kawasaki page](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kawasaki#neighbourhoods).

## Questions about walking in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki

### Is Takatsu-ku walkable?

Yes. Takatsu-ku in Kawasaki has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.

### Is Takatsu-ku more walkable than the rest of Kawasaki?

Takatsu-ku is more walkable than Kawasaki as a whole: it scores 90, against 85 for the 5 km around Kawasaki's centre. It is the 3rd most 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 Takatsu-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 Takatsu-ku it is the average of 58 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.

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