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title: "Is Takatsuki walkable? Walkability score 75/100"
description: "Takatsuki scores 75/100 for walkability (Very 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/takatsuki
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Takatsuki

# How walkable is Takatsuki?

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

Takatsuki has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 31st most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 2 others.

75 out of 100: Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #31 of 70 tied, in Japan
*   #201 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   85 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=34.84055&lon=135.61131&q=Takatsuki%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,402 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Takatsuki. The nearest grocery is about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, parks and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

2.6 of 3 points

*   スーパーたこ一高槻店, 7 min
*   ライフ高槻城西店, 8 min
*   サボイ津之江店, 8 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   居酒屋金木犀, 4 min
*   大龍虎, 4 min
*   くら寿司高槻芥川店, 4 min

### Shopping

1.9 of 2 points

*   セブンイレブン高槻城西町店, 3 min
*   富士薬品高槻営業所, 5 min
*   ファルコ薬局 高槻庄所店, 6 min

### Coffee

1.4 of 2 points

*   SALAM Coffee قهوة سلام, 7 min
*   すき家 高槻下田部店, 14 min
*   Make E Cafe, 15 min

### Banks

0.6 of 1 point

*   高槻市農業協同組合（ＪＡたかつき） 如是支店, 12 min
*   高槻市農業協同組合（ＪＡたかつき） 本店, 14 min
*   北おおさか信用金庫 城南支店, 17 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   たんぽぽ公園, 4 min
*   庄所公園, 7 min
*   清水池公園, 7 min

### Schools

0.7 of 1 point

*   高槻市立桃園小学校, 11 min
*   如是小学校, 11 min
*   大阪府立槻の木高等学校, 15 min

### Books & libraries

0.8 of 1 point

*   Tsutaya 高槻南店, 9 min
*   高槻市立中央図書館, 14 min
*   大垣書店高槻店, 22 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.9 of 1 point

*   Live House SHO, 6 min
*   高槻ジャズストリート, 12 min
*   Takatsukishi Shogaigakushu Center 2 Kai Tamokuteki Hall, 14 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest bank is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at 34.8406, 135.6113, the point near Takatsuki'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 332 street intersections per km², and blocks average 47 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Takatsuki's score of 75 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 88 within 1 km of the centre, 82 from 1 to 3 km out and 69 from 3 to 5 km out. 11 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. 70% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Takatsuki, one hexagon per square kilometre. 70% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 20, is 4 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/takatsuki.svg?v=1b7182d933b2)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Takatsuki. 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   | 88    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 82    | 90%         | 29             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 69    | 52%         | 44             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                              | Distance | Score |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Hirakata](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/hirakata), Japan         | 5 km     | 76    |
| [Toyonaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/toyonaka), Japan         | 15 km    | 85    |
| [Osaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/osaka), Japan               | 20 km    | 94    |
| [Higashiōsaka](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/higashiosaka), Japan | 20 km    | 93    |
| [Kyoto](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto), Japan               | 23 km    | 88    |

## Questions about walking in Takatsuki

### Is Takatsuki a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Takatsuki has a walkability score of 75 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most 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 joint 31st of 70 cities in Japan and joint 201st 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. Takatsuki ranks joint 31st with 75.

### How does Takatsuki compare with nearby cities?

Takatsuki is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 75, against Hirakata (76, 5 km away), Toyonaka (85, 15 km away) and Osaka (94, 20 km away).

### Which part of Takatsuki is most walkable?

Takatsuki is most walkable beyond 2.5 km to the south-west, where walkability averages 91, more than the 88 within 1 km of its centre. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 85. It falls most to the south (57).

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

For Takatsuki it is the average of 80 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 56 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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