How walkable is Toyama?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Toyama has a walkability score of 67 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 50th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,831 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Toyama. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- バロー 清水町店, 8 min
- 豆平（まめへい）, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- かねぶん, 1 min
- 澤屋, 1 min
Shopping
- アフターオールレコード, 2 min
- ポールスミス富山店, 2 min
Coffee
- KARVAN, 3 min
- Area 1（エリア１）, 5 min
Banks
- 三井住友銀行, 2 min
- 北國銀行, 3 min
Parks
- こばと広場, 9 min
- 富山城址公園, 12 min
Schools
- 新庄小学校, 10 min
- 立正幼稚園, 10 min
Books & libraries
- 富山市きらり図書館・ガラス館, 6 min
- プー横丁, 9 min
Culture & entertainment
- ギャルリ・ミレー, 3 min
- アートのある生活空間を創造する 青木美術, 4 min
Measured from the centre at 36.6883, 137.2195, the point near Toyama'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 267 street intersections per km², and blocks average 63 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Toyama's score of 67 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 92 within 1 km of the centre, 83 from 1 to 3 km out and 55 from 3 to 5 km out. 58% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
- 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 Toyama. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 92 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 83 | 90% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 55 | 35% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kanazawa, Japan | 55 km | 80 |
| Nagano, Japan | 86 km | 63 |
| Gifu, Japan | 148 km | 76 |
| Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan | 160 km | 66 |
| Kasugai, Aichi, Japan | 163 km | 74 |
Questions about walking in Toyama
Is Toyama a walkable city?
Partly. Toyama has a walkability score of 67 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 100. 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 50th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 341st 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. Toyama ranks 50th with 67.
How does Toyama compare with nearby cities?
Toyama sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 67, against Kanazawa (80, 55 km away), Nagano (63, 86 km away) and Gifu (76, 148 km away).
Which part of Toyama is most walkable?
Toyama's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 100. Walkability averages 92 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south (averaging 72) and falls most to the south-east (43).
How is Toyama's walkability score calculated?
For Toyama it is the average of 90 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 52 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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