How walkable is Nagata-ku?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Nagata-ku has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the most walkable of 1 neighbourhoods ranked in Kobe, which scores 69 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,399 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Nagata-ku. The nearest grocery is ライフ長田店, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- 業務スーパー菅原店6 min
- サンディ 長田菅原店6 min
- うどん酒房・梵2 min
- おくまん 高速長田店2 min
- ハマデスポーツ2 min
- ローソン3 min
- ぱるふあん3 min
- コメダ珈琲店高速長田駅前店3 min
- みなと銀行 長田支店11 min
- みなと銀行 大橋支店17 min
- 神楽公園4 min
- 新湊川公園6 min
- 御蔵小学校6 min
- Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo High School9 min
- 喜久屋書店ジョイプラザ店19 min
- 本の森兵庫店20 min
- テクノバード8 min
- 上田能楽堂11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Nagata-ku at 34.6657, 135.1509. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 294 street intersections per km², and blocks average 56 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Nagata-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 Nagata-ku. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Questions about walking in Nagata-ku
Is Nagata-ku walkable?
Yes. Nagata-ku in Kobe has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Nagata-ku more walkable than the rest of Kobe?
Nagata-ku is more walkable than Kobe as a whole: it scores 89, against 69 for the 5 km around Kobe's centre. It ranks 1st of the 1 Kobe neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Nagata-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 Nagata-ku it is the average of 58 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.