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title: "Is Gifu walkable? Walkability score 76/100 · How Walkable"
description: "Gifu scores 76/100 for walkability (Very Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Japan."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/gifu
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Gifu

# How walkable is Gifu?

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

Gifu has a walkability score of 76 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 25th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 5 others.

76 out of 100: Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #25 of 70 tied, in Japan
*   #181 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   92 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=35.42291&lon=136.74937&q=Gifu%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,789 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Gifu. The nearest grocery is about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.

### Groceries

2.6 of 3 points

*   魚豊, 7 min
*   バロー 都通店, 8 min
*   スーパーマルナカ 岐阜店, 10 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   発酵料理のお店 麹, 3 min
*   三楽, 3 min
*   京城苑本店, 3 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   ニット生地屋, 1 min
*   パティスリーシー, 2 min
*   江戸ッ子配送センター, 3 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   前ぶん2, 2 min
*   すいもん, 3 min
*   あまゆり, 4 min

### Banks

0.9 of 1 point

*   商工組合中央金庫 岐阜支店, 7 min
*   岐阜信用金庫千手堂支店, 11 min
*   大垣共立銀行 千手堂支店, 11 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   本郷公園, 1 min
*   なかよし公園, 2 min
*   八ツ梅公園, 5 min

### Schools

1.0 of 1 point

*   岐阜県立岐阜高校, 5 min
*   岐阜中央中学校, 10 min
*   明徳小学校, 12 min

### Books & libraries

0.4 of 1 point

*   現代仏壇ギャラリーnonomura., 15 min
*   Penguin boots, 17 min
*   みんなの森 ぎふメディアコスモス, 17 min

### Culture & entertainment

1.0 of 1 point

*   Gig&Bar Kingbiscuit, 3 min
*   クララザール じゅうろく音楽堂, 4 min
*   ミニジューク, 5 min

Measured from the centre at 35.4229, 136.7494, the point near Gifu'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 224 street intersections per km², and blocks average 66 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Gifu's score of 76 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 87 within 1 km of the centre, 83 from 1 to 3 km out and 71 from 3 to 5 km out. 73% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Gifu, one hexagon per square kilometre. 73% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 28, is 4 km to the north-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/gifu.svg?v=54381b96197d)

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

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 92    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 87    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 83    | 86%         | 28             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 71    | 63%         | 48             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                                 | Distance | Score |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Ichinomiya, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/ichinomiya), Japan | 14 km    | 66    |
| [Kasugai, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kasugai), Japan       | 27 km    | 74    |
| [Nagoya](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/nagoya), Japan                | 30 km    | 92    |
| [Toyota, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/toyota), Japan         | 52 km    | 60    |
| [Yokkaichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/yokkaichi), Japan          | 52 km    | 65    |

## Questions about walking in Gifu

### Is Gifu a walkable city?

Around its centre, yes. Gifu has a walkability score of 76 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 92. 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 25th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 181st 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. Gifu ranks joint 25th with 76.

### How does Gifu compare with nearby cities?

Gifu sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 76, against Ichinomiya, Aichi (66, 14 km away), Kasugai, Aichi (74, 27 km away) and Nagoya (92, 30 km away).

### Which part of Gifu is most walkable?

Gifu's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 92. Walkability averages 87 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-east (averaging 87) and falls most to the west (57).

### How is Gifu's walkability score calculated?

For Gifu it is the average of 83 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 61 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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