How walkable is Nakasu?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Nakasu has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 2 neighbourhoods ranked in Fukuoka, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
9,745 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Nakasu. The nearest grocery is フードウェイ 中洲食小町店, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- 八恵堂2 min
- 【博多 居酒屋】旬魚旬菜 かん家2 min
- ケルン1 min
- 日本海庄や1 min
- Drum Tribe1 min
- 激安リサシクルショップ エコマート1 min
- CAMELLIA1 min
- メディアカフェポパイ中洲店1 min
- 東京スター銀行福岡支店7 min
- 福岡中央銀行博多支店7 min
- 旧福岡県公会堂貴賓館3 min
- 水上公園3 min
- くまちゃん保育園9 min
- ナーランダ保育園9 min
- Book-R 古門戸（ブックアール コモンド）9 min
- ジュンク堂書店福岡店9 min
- カラオケ ビッグエコー中洲川端駅前店1 min
- Gates 71 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Nakasu at 33.5935, 130.4056. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 208 street intersections per km², and blocks average 68 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Nakasu
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Nakasu. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Fukuoka
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jōnan-ku | 3.9 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Fukuoka page.
Questions about walking in Nakasu
Is Nakasu walkable?
Yes. Nakasu in Fukuoka has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Nakasu more walkable than the rest of Fukuoka?
Nakasu is more walkable than Fukuoka as a whole: it scores 100, against 87 for the 5 km around Fukuoka's centre. It ranks 1st of the 2 Fukuoka neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Nakasu 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 Nakasu it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m 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.