How walkable is Toyonaka?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Toyonaka has a walkability score of 85 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 10th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,476 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Toyonaka. The nearest grocery is about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools.
Groceries
- いただきますねっと, 8 min
- 三和コーポレーション, 9 min
Restaurants & bars
- 京屋小曽根店, 2 min
- ブーランジェリースリール, 2 min
Shopping
- ミートショップ平井, 1 min
- Flower Me-You, 2 min
Coffee
- Cafe de Tequila, 6 min
- Tsurumi Confect, 7 min
Banks
- りそな銀行 豊中服部支店, 9 min
- 池田泉州銀行 服部支店, 11 min
Parks
- 北条公園, 6 min
- 小曽根北公園, 7 min
Schools
- 豊中市立第十二中学校, 6 min
- 豊中市立第四中学校, 14 min
Books & libraries
- 東方書店関西支社, 17 min
- 高川図書館, 17 min
Culture & entertainment
- ノワ・アコルデ音楽アートサロン, 9 min
- Duskin Museum, 14 min
Measured from the centre at 34.7630, 135.4830, the point near Toyonaka'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 339 street intersections per km², and blocks average 50 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Toyonaka's score of 85 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of the centre, 88 from 1 to 3 km out and 83 from 3 to 5 km out. 90% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability holds up well across the city.
- 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 Toyonaka. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 94 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 90 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 88 | 93% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 83 | 86% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Amagasaki, Japan | 9 km | 80 |
| Osaka, Japan | 10 km | 94 |
| Nishinomiya, Japan | 15 km | 82 |
| Takatsuki, Japan | 15 km | 75 |
| Higashiōsaka, Japan | 17 km | 93 |
Questions about walking in Toyonaka
Is Toyonaka a walkable city?
Around its centre, yes. Toyonaka has a walkability score of 85 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 94. 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 10th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 62nd 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. Toyonaka ranks joint 10th with 85.
How does Toyonaka compare with nearby cities?
Toyonaka sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 85, against Amagasaki (80, 9 km away), Osaka (94, 10 km away) and Nishinomiya (82, 15 km away).
Which part of Toyonaka is most walkable?
Toyonaka's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 94. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the south (averaging 92) and falls most to the south-west (72).
How is Toyonaka's walkability score calculated?
For Toyonaka it is the average of 88 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 79 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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