The most walkable neighbourhoods in Osaka
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Osaka ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Chūō-ku leads with 99/100, then Nishi-ku (97) and Tennōji-ku (97). All 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Taishō-ku (80).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chūō-ku | 99 |
| 2 | Nishi-ku | 97 |
| 2 | Tennōji-ku | 97 |
| 2 | Higashinari-ku | 97 |
| 5 | Naniwa-ku | 96 |
| 6 | Abeno-ku | 95 |
| 6 | Fukushima-ku | 95 |
| 8 | Miyakojima-ku | 94 |
| 8 | Ikuno-ku | 94 |
| 10 | Kita-ku | 93 |
| 10 | Jōtō-ku | 93 |
| 10 | Yodogawa-ku | 93 |
| 10 | Higashisumiyoshi-ku | 93 |
| 14 | Asahi-ku | 91 |
| 15 | Nishinari-ku | 89 |
| 16 | Higashiyodogawa-ku | 86 |
| 17 | Nishiyodogawa-ku | 85 |
| 18 | Minato-ku | 82 |
| 18 | Hirano-ku | 82 |
| 20 | Taishō-ku | 80 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Osaka's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Chūō-ku
Chūō-ku is the most central of these five, 1.1 km south-east of Osaka's busiest point, and scores 99/100. It has the most banks of the five: 93 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest 大阪商工信用金庫 本店営業部, about 5 minutes away. More on Chūō-ku.
Nishi-ku
Nishi-ku scores 97/100, 2.6 km south-west of Osaka's busiest point. 3,374 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away.
Tennōji-ku
Tennōji-ku scores 97/100, 3.8 km south-east of Osaka's busiest point. Schools are where it leads the others, 70 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with 真生幼稚園, about 4 minutes away. More on Tennōji-ku.
Higashinari-ku
Higashinari-ku lies the furthest out of these five, 4.8 km east of Osaka's busiest point, and scores 97/100. 1,969 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 5 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is cultural venues, with 36.
Naniwa-ku
Naniwa-ku scores 96/100, 2.8 km south of Osaka's busiest point. None of the others has as many parks, with 352 in a 30 minute walk; 浪速公園 is the nearest, about 2 minutes away.
Centre and outskirts
The 5 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Osaka's centre average 96, and the 15 further out average 90, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Chūō-ku, 1.1 km away, scores 99, and the farthest, Hirano-ku, 10.6 km out, scores 82.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Osaka.
Osaka as a whole scores 94 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Japan with ranked neighbourhoods: Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama.
Questions about Osaka's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Osaka?
Chūō-ku is the most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Osaka, with a walkability score of 99 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Nishi-ku (97) and Tennōji-ku (97).
How are Osaka's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Osaka scores 94 across the 5 km around its centre.
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. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.