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title: "Is Kurashiki walkable? Walkability score 56/100"
description: "Kurashiki scores 56/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Japan."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kurashiki
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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2.  [Japan](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan)
3.  Kurashiki

# How walkable is Kurashiki?

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

Kurashiki has a walkability score of 56 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 67th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan.

56 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable

Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #67 of 70 in Japan
*   #509 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   85 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=34.59500&lon=133.75849&q=Kurashiki%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,443 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Kurashiki. The nearest grocery is about 14 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

1.4 of 3 points

*   小さな商店, 14 min
*   九州個室酒場 ザ・ゴエモン, 17 min
*   みつばち工房花の道倉敷花織店, 18 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   ステーキのどん倉敷店, 1 min
*   寿し膳, 2 min
*   ひじきん, 2 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   ファミリーマート, 2 min
*   家具のひらやま, 4 min
*   インテリアショップCratt（クラット）, 4 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   コロンバン, 3 min
*   Cafe Niwa, 5 min
*   スマイリー, 8 min

### Banks

0.8 of 1 point

*   もみじ銀行倉敷支店, 8 min
*   中国銀行倉敷支店, 15 min
*   みずほ銀行倉敷支店, 15 min

### Parks

0.6 of 1 point

*   倉敷みらい公園, 14 min
*   倉敷運動公園, 16 min
*   四十瀬子供広場, 24 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   岡山県立倉敷工業高等学校, 4 min
*   倉敷市立工業高等学校, 5 min
*   倉敷市役所小学校老松小学校, 6 min

### Books & libraries

1.0 of 1 point

*   ブックメイト 老松店, 2 min
*   倉敷市立中央図書館, 15 min
*   愛文社書店, 17 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   CookieJar, 1 min
*   クッキージャー, 1 min
*   STUDIO-REDBOX, 2 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest park is 14 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at 34.5950, 133.7585, the point near Kurashiki'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 275 street intersections per km², and blocks average 57 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Kurashiki's score of 56 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 89 within 1 km of the centre, 74 from 1 to 3 km out and 39 from 3 to 5 km out. 14 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 43% 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.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Kurashiki, one hexagon per square kilometre. 42% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 0, is 4 km to the north-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/kurashiki.svg?v=f8c9a75b8856)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Kurashiki. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 85    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 89    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 74    | 71%         | 28             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 39    | 14%         | 42             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                                 | Distance | Score |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Okayama](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/okayama), Japan              | 17 km    | 76    |
| [Takamatsu](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/takamatsu), Japan          | 38 km    | 76    |
| [Fukuyama, Hiroshima](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/fukuyama), Japan | 38 km    | 60    |
| [Himeji](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/himeji), Japan                | 89 km    | 71    |
| [Akashi, Hyōgo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/akashi), Japan         | 114 km   | 70    |

## Questions about walking in Kurashiki

### Is Kurashiki a walkable city?

Partly. Kurashiki has a walkability score of 56 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 85. 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 67th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 509th 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. Kurashiki ranks 67th with 56.

### How does Kurashiki compare with nearby cities?

Kurashiki is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 56, against Okayama (76, 17 km away), Takamatsu (76, 38 km away) and Fukuyama, Hiroshima (60, 38 km away).

### Which part of Kurashiki is most walkable?

The streets just around Kurashiki's centre are its most walkable, averaging 89 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 85. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-east (averaging 68) and falls most to the north-west (4).

### How is Kurashiki's walkability score calculated?

For Kurashiki it is the average of 77 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 33 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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