How walkable is Sakura-ku?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Sakura-ku has a walkability score of 69 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Saitama, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
286 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Sakura-ku. The nearest grocery is マミーマート 西浦和店, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, books & libraries and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for coffee and banks.
- グルメシティ浦和道場店11 min
- TAIRAYA 浦和栄和店17 min
- パンテック4 min
- 逢芳食堂〜Ahou Kitchen〜6 min
- レーシングカートショップ・ガレージC4 min
- にじ屋5 min
- ホワイトハウスコーヒー店19 min
- 金太郎 戸田17号店20 min
- 町谷中公園17 min
- 町谷2丁目公園17 min
- さいたま市立栄和小学校16 min
- さいたま市立新開小学校16 min
- 図書館二号館15 min
- 練馬文化センターつつじホール11 min
- カラオケBanBan21 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Sakura-ku at 35.8563, 139.6101. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 72 street intersections per km², and blocks average 87 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Sakura-ku
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Sakura-ku. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Saitama
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Urawa-ku | 3.3 km | 91 |
| Chūō-ku | 3.4 km | 92 |
| Minami-ku | 3.4 km | 89 |
| Ōmiya-ku | 5.4 km | 90 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Saitama page.
Questions about walking in Sakura-ku
Is Sakura-ku walkable?
Partly. Sakura-ku in Saitama has a walkability score of 69 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Sakura-ku more walkable than the rest of Saitama?
Sakura-ku is less walkable than Saitama as a whole: it scores 69, against 79 for the 5 km around Saitama's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Sakura-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 Sakura-ku it is the average of 47 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.