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title: "Is Fukuyama, Hiroshima walkable? Walkability score 60/100"
description: "Fukuyama, Hiroshima scores 60/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable) across its central 5 km: how far it reaches and what's near the centre."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/fukuyama
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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# How walkable is Fukuyama, Hiroshima?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Fukuyama, Hiroshima has a walkability score of 60 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 63rd most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.

60 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable

Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #63 of 70 tied, in Japan
*   #459 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   82 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=34.48333&lon=133.37757&q=Fukuyama%2C%20Hiroshima%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,431 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Fukuyama, Hiroshima. The nearest grocery is about 12 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

1.7 of 3 points

*   エブリイホーミイグループ おせち特設ページ, 12 min
*   エブリイ 緑町店, 12 min
*   GADO・GADO, 15 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   極とんラーメン 港町店, 2 min
*   SUBWAY, 2 min
*   肉のサトウ商店 福山本店, 3 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   ひらた自転車店, 3 min
*   auショップ福山港町, 3 min
*   福山ゴム工業株式会社, 3 min

### Coffee

1.9 of 2 points

*   スターバックス, 6 min
*   天満屋ポートプラザ アフタヌーンティー, 6 min
*   ドトールコーヒーショップ福山イトーヨーカドー店, 6 min

### Banks

0.7 of 1 point

*   福山市農業協同組合（ＪＡ福山市） 本店, 10 min
*   もみじ銀行福山御船出張所, 14 min
*   伊予銀行福山支店, 16 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   福山みなと公園, 1 min
*   港町公園, 5 min
*   松浜公園, 6 min

### Schools

0.6 of 1 point

*   福山市役所東中学校, 12 min
*   福山市立旭小学校旭放課後児童クラブ, 12 min
*   福山市立旭小学校, 13 min

### Books & libraries

0.4 of 1 point

*   啓文社 Book Plus 緑町, 16 min
*   Book Meets Coffee, 16 min
*   福山市中央図書館, 17 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   福山りーでん ローズ, 2 min
*   ふくやま芸術文化ホール・リーデンローズ, 2 min
*   カラオケパブキス＆サミット, 5 min

### Further than usual

*   The nearest school is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.

Measured from the centre at 34.4833, 133.3776, the point near Fukuyama, Hiroshima'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 164 street intersections per km², and blocks average 80 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Fukuyama, Hiroshima's score of 60 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 89 within 1 km of the centre, 74 from 1 to 3 km out and 44 from 3 to 5 km out. 19 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 49% 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.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Fukuyama, Hiroshima, one hexagon per square kilometre. 48% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 1, is 4 km to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/fukuyama.svg?v=b0fe02cf8453)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Fukuyama, Hiroshima. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 82    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 89    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 74    | 71%         | 28             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 44    | 22%         | 37             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                        | Distance | Score |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Kurashiki](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kurashiki), Japan | 38 km    | 56    |
| [Okayama](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/okayama), Japan     | 55 km    | 76    |
| [Takamatsu](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/takamatsu), Japan | 65 km    | 76    |
| [Hiroshima](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/hiroshima), Japan | 85 km    | 76    |
| [Matsuyama](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/matsuyama), Japan | 91 km    | 72    |

## Questions about walking in Fukuyama, Hiroshima

### Is Fukuyama, Hiroshima a walkable city?

Partly. Fukuyama, Hiroshima has a walkability score of 60 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 82. 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 63rd of 70 cities in Japan and joint 459th 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. Fukuyama, Hiroshima ranks joint 63rd with 60.

### How does Fukuyama, Hiroshima compare with nearby cities?

Fukuyama, Hiroshima sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 60, against Kurashiki (56, 38 km away), Okayama (76, 55 km away) and Takamatsu (76, 65 km away).

### Which part of Fukuyama, Hiroshima is most walkable?

The streets just around Fukuyama's centre are its most walkable, averaging 89 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 82. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-east (averaging 79) and falls most to the south-west (13).

### How is Fukuyama, Hiroshima's walkability score calculated?

For Fukuyama, Hiroshima it is the average of 72 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 35 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.

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