How walkable is Jōnan-ku?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Jōnan-ku has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 2 neighbourhoods ranked in Fukuoka, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,772 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Jōnan-ku. The nearest grocery is 廣島, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- TRIAL GO福岡別府3丁目店3 min
- イーエムゆいまある3 min
- むっちゃん万十城南店1 min
- イチロー1 min
- ファミリーマート1 min
- plus1 min
- Ala Coffee2 min
- Mocchida.torikai3 min
- 西日本シティ銀行六本松支店8 min
- 福岡信用金庫 六本松支店9 min
- 鳥飼北公園7 min
- 草香江公園10 min
- 別府幼稚園3 min
- 福岡市立城西中学校5 min
- 丸善 キャンパスショップ中村学園大学店9 min
- 六本松蔦屋書店13 min
- 演戯集団ばぁくう7 min
- カラオケBARしん9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Jōnan-ku at 33.5757, 130.3699. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 161 street intersections per km², and blocks average 81 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Jōnan-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 Jōnan-ku. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Fukuoka
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nakasu | 3.9 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Fukuoka page.
Questions about walking in Jōnan-ku
Is Jōnan-ku walkable?
Yes. Jōnan-ku in Fukuoka has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Jōnan-ku more walkable than the rest of Fukuoka?
Jōnan-ku is more walkable than Fukuoka as a whole: it scores 95, against 87 for the 5 km around Fukuoka's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 2 Fukuoka neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Jōnan-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 Jōnan-ku it is the average of 61 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.