How walkable is Hiroshima?
Hiroshima has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 12 cities ranked in Japan.
What's within walking distance
4,741 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Hiroshima. The nearest grocery is Fun and Natural Yotter-Ne Hiroshima Store and Shimakara Shokudo, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Fun and Natural Yotter-Ne Hiroshima Store and Shimakara Shokudo130 m · 2 min
- 浜本商店460 m · 6 min
- やまぐち470 m · 6 min
- クリートアイランド30 m · 1 min
- Cleat Island30 m · 1 min
- Policara80 m · 1 min
- トヨタ au取扱店 トヨタカローラ広島株式会社 トヨタａｕ取扱店 広島支店60 m · 1 min
- メナード化粧品株式会社中国支社60 m · 1 min
- 和牛コウネ専門店 いろはうた平和記念公園前100 m · 1 min
- Social Book Cafe Hachidorisha380 m · 5 min
- LOG410 m · 5 min
- Imagine by Takada Coffee420 m · 5 min
- 広島銀行広島住宅ローンセンター440 m · 5 min
- 福岡銀行 広島支店740 m · 9 min
- 商工中金広島支店800 m · 10 min
- 広島平和記念公園60 m · 1 min
- 本川公園470 m · 6 min
- 平和大通り 緑地帯520 m · 7 min
- 広島市立中島小学校680 m · 8 min
- 広島市役所大手町商業高等学校690 m · 9 min
- 広島市立神崎小学校770 m · 10 min
- ナイス ナンセンス ブックス510 m · 6 min
- 広島市立中区図書館530 m · 7 min
- 広島アニメイト740 m · 9 min
- フェニックスホール200 m · 2 min
- HBGホール320 m · 4 min
- Cenotaph Hiroshima400 m · 5 min
Measured from the representative point at 34.3910, 132.4500. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 192 street intersections per km², and blocks average 72 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 84 to 100, and Hiroshima's score of 98 is their median.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 99 | Map |
| 1 km north | 100 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 95 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 100 | Map |
| 1 km south | 98 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 97 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 84 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Fukuoka, Japan | 208 km | 95 |
| Kobe, Japan | 253 km | 98 |
| Osaka, Japan | 282 km | 99 |
| Kyoto, Japan | 310 km | 98 |
| Ulsan, South Korea | 313 km | 85 |
Questions about walking in Hiroshima
Is Hiroshima a walkable city?
Yes. Central Hiroshima has a walkability score of 98 out of 100, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 4th of 12 cities in Japan and 48th of 252 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Japan?
Osaka is the most walkable of the 12 cities ranked in Japan, with a score of 99. Hiroshima ranks 4th with 98.
How does Hiroshima compare with nearby cities?
Hiroshima sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: Hiroshima scores 98, against Fukuoka (95, 208 km away), Kobe (98, 253 km away) and Osaka (99, 282 km away).
How is Hiroshima's walkability score 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 Hiroshima it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.