How walkable is Chūō-ku?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Chūō-ku has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Saitama, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,242 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Chūō-ku. The nearest grocery is 与野フードよのほんまち駅店, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- 安全すたいる5 min
- まいばすけっと 与野本町駅東店6 min
- ぼんち2 min
- 八汐2 min
- ファミリーマート2 min
- 株式会社YKMeister（やねかべマイスター）4 min
- 樹下墨流亭4 min
- ヴィ・ド・フランスカフェ 与野本町店5 min
- 武蔵野銀行3 min
- 埼玉縣信用金庫与野支店3 min
- 与野公園11 min
- 与野中央公園13 min
- ミルキーウェイインターナショナルキンダーガーデン新都心6 min
- 与野ひなどり保育園9 min
- 古本市場与野本町店4 min
- Futur12 min
- カラオケ ビッグエコー与野本町店6 min
- ビッグエコー 与野本町店6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Chūō-ku at 35.8840, 139.6262. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 152 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Chūō-ku
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.6 km around the centre of Chūō-ku. Rings mark 800 m and 1.6 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Saitama
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ōmiya-ku | 2 km | 90 |
| Urawa-ku | 3 km | 91 |
| Sakura-ku | 3.4 km | 69 |
| Minami-ku | 4.6 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Saitama page.
Questions about walking in Chūō-ku
Is Chūō-ku walkable?
Yes. Chūō-ku in Saitama has a walkability score of 92 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Chūō-ku more walkable than the rest of Saitama?
Chūō-ku is more walkable than Saitama as a whole: it scores 92, against 79 for the 5 km around Saitama's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Saitama neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Saitama?
Of the 5 Saitama neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Chūō-ku (92), Urawa-ku (91) and Ōmiya-ku (90).
How is the walkability score of Chūō-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 Chūō-ku it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.6 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.