--- title: "Tennōji-ku, Osaka walkability score: 97/100 · How Walkable" description: "Tennōji-ku in Osaka scores 97/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Osaka." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/tennoji-ku updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Japan](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan) 3. [Osaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka) 4. Tennōji-ku # How walkable is Tennōji-ku, Osaka? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Tennōji-ku has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the joint 2nd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Osaka, with 2 others, which scores 94 as a whole. 97 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #2 of 20 tied, in Osaka * 94 Osaka overall * 96 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=34.65504&lon=135.51837&q=Tenn%C5%8Dji-ku%2C%20Osaka) ## What's within walking distance 6,249 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Tennōji-ku. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * ライフ 四天王寺店, 5 min * 山本商店, 9 min * 松屋珍味, 10 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * 貢茶, 1 min * ibukurowasidukami, 2 min * 海鮮と炉端 天王寺居酒屋 本店, 3 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * エコスペースゆう, 2 min * E-bike Thomas shop, 3 min * ライト探偵事務所, 3 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * AUN COFFEE, 1 min * あそびば, 3 min * 四天王寺南休憩所, 4 min ### Banks 0.9 of 1 point * 大阪信用金庫本店, 7 min * 三井住友銀行 平野支店(法人のお客さま専用窓口), 13 min * 三井住友銀行, 14 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * 寺田町公園, 4 min * 五条公園, 8 min * 稲生公園, 9 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * 真生幼稚園, 4 min * 四天王寺高等学校, 5 min * 大阪市立大江小学校, 6 min ### Books & libraries 0.5 of 1 point * 天王寺図書館, 13 min * ブックオフ天王寺駅前店, 14 min * くまざわ書店天王寺店, 15 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * マリ・バトンスクール, 5 min * Step HALL, 9 min * 大阪府立夕陽丘高校ヴィオラホール, 9 min Measured from the mapped centre of Tennōji-ku, Osaka at 34.6550, 135.5184. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 278 street intersections per km², and blocks average 56 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Tennōji-ku, Osaka ![Walkability scores across the 1.2 km around the centre of Tennōji-ku. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 91, is 1 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/osaka/tennoji-ku.svg?v=68ef3edee9fb) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Tennōji-ku, Osaka. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Osaka | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Naniwa-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods#naniwa-ku) | 2.7 km | 96 | | [Ikuno-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods#ikuno-ku) | 2.7 km | 94 | | [Chūō-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/chuo-ku) | 2.9 km | 99 | | [Nishinari-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods#nishinari-ku) | 3.1 km | 89 | | [Abeno-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/abeno-ku) | 3.1 km | 95 | | [Higashinari-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods#higashinari-ku) | 3.6 km | 97 | | [Nishi-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods#nishi-ku) | 4.4 km | 97 | | [Taishō-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods#taisho-ku) | 4.5 km | 80 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Osaka ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Tennōji-ku, Osaka ### Is Tennōji-ku walkable? Yes. Tennōji-ku in Osaka has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. ### Is Tennōji-ku more walkable than the rest of Osaka? Tennōji-ku is more walkable than Osaka as a whole: it scores 97, against 94 for the 5 km around Osaka's centre. It is the joint 2nd most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods ranked in Osaka, with 2 others on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Osaka? Of the 20 Osaka neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Chūō-ku (99), Nishi-ku (97), Tennōji-ku (97) and Higashinari-ku (97). ### How is the walkability score of Tennōji-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 Tennōji-ku it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.2 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. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Tennōji-ku, Osaka?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.