How walkable is Tokorozawa, Saitama?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Tokorozawa, Saitama has a walkability score of 69 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 46th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 3 others.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,355 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Tokorozawa, Saitama. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Pudoステーション ヤオコー 所沢有楽町店, 12 min
- Maruetsu, 15 min
Restaurants & bars
- イタリアンバル Paradiso, 3 min
- レストランバー Coconut resort （航空公園）, 3 min
Shopping
- パークタウン商店街, 3 min
- サカエヤ精肉店, 3 min
Coffee
- J Smile CAFE, 4 min
- ニコリコハウス, 5 min
Banks
- 武蔵野銀行所沢支店, 17 min
- 三井住友銀行所沢ローンプラザ, 19 min
Parks
- 山の上公園, 6 min
- 根岸公園, 11 min
Schools
- 所沢市立並木保育園, 8 min
- 所沢市立並木小学校, 9 min
Books & libraries
- 所沢市立 所沢図書館 所沢分館, 14 min
- Animate Tokorozawa, 18 min
Culture & entertainment
- 所沢航空記念公園, 7 min
- アークホール, 8 min
Further than usual
- The nearest bank is 15 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the centre at 35.7992, 139.4690, the point near Tokorozawa, Saitama'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 102 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Tokorozawa, Saitama's score of 69 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 85 within 1 km of the centre, 77 from 1 to 3 km out and 62 from 3 to 5 km out. 65% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Tokorozawa, Saitama. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 95 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 85 | 86% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 77 | 69% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 62 | 59% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan | 12 km | 58 |
| Hachiōji, Japan | 21 km | 73 |
| Saitama, Japan | 21 km | 79 |
| Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan | 22 km | 87 |
| Tokyo, Japan | 24 km | 98 |
Questions about walking in Tokorozawa, Saitama
Is Tokorozawa, Saitama a walkable city?
Partly. Tokorozawa, Saitama has a walkability score of 69 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 95. 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 46th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 310th 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. Tokorozawa, Saitama ranks joint 46th with 69.
How does Tokorozawa, Saitama compare with nearby cities?
Tokorozawa, Saitama sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 69, against Kawagoe, Saitama (58, 12 km away), Hachiōji (73, 21 km away) and Saitama (79, 21 km away).
Which part of Tokorozawa, Saitama is most walkable?
Tokorozawa's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 95. Walkability averages 85 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south (averaging 82) and falls most to the north-east (20).
How is Tokorozawa, Saitama's walkability score calculated?
For Tokorozawa, Saitama it is the average of 85 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 55 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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