--- title: "Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto walkability score: 98/100 · How Walkable" description: "Nakagyō-ku in Kyoto scores 98/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Kyoto." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto/nakagyo-ku updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Japan](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan) 3. [Kyoto](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto) 4. Nakagyō-ku # How walkable is Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Nakagyō-ku has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is one of 2 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 5 ranked in Kyoto, which scores 88 as a whole. 98 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 5 tied, in Kyoto * 88 Kyoto overall * 97 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=35.01032&lon=135.75130&q=Nakagy%C5%8D-ku%2C%20Kyoto) ## What's within walking distance 7,177 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Nakagyō-ku. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * ごまの専門店ふかほり, 3 min * 栗阿彌本店, 3 min * 馬場商店, 3 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Kitchen NORITA, 1 min * 京酒場 箱屋, 1 min * Mr.KANSO 二条城前店, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * 京都あかつき法律事務所, 1 min * 木村染匠（株）, 1 min * Banbutsu Sozobo, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * 新町1888, 1 min * WHAT SOPP., 1 min * 茶店 Rhino（ライノ）, 2 min ### Banks 0.6 of 1 point * 京都信用金庫朱雀支店, 12 min * 南都銀行, 12 min * りそな銀行四条大宮支店, 12 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * 三条大宮公園, 5 min * 夷川公園, 9 min * 二条公園, 13 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * 京都市立京都堀川音楽高校, 4 min * 京都市立教業小学校跡, 5 min * 光明幼稚園, 7 min ### Books & libraries 0.9 of 1 point * 森晴進堂書店, 6 min * ヴィレッジヴァンガード京都三条, 10 min * 泥書房, 11 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * 京都絞り工芸館, 3 min * 夜想, 3 min * Live&salon 夜想, 3 min Measured from the mapped centre of Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto at 35.0103, 135.7513. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 100 street intersections per km², and blocks average 100 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto ![Walkability scores across the 1.5 km around the centre of Nakagyō-ku. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 91, is 1 km to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/kyoto/nakagyo-ku.svg?v=ecbdb5f685df) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.5 km around the centre of Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto. Rings mark 750 m and 1.5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Kyoto | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Kamigyō-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto/kamigyo-ku) | 2.2 km | 97 | | [Shimogyō-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto/shimogyo-ku) | 2.5 km | 98 | | [Higashiyama-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto/higashiyama-ku) | 2.7 km | 85 | | [Minami-ku](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto/minami-ku) | 3.8 km | 91 | See every neighbourhood ranked on the [Kyoto page](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kyoto#neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto ### Is Nakagyō-ku walkable? Yes. Nakagyō-ku in Kyoto has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.5 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. ### Is Nakagyō-ku more walkable than the rest of Kyoto? Nakagyō-ku is more walkable than Kyoto as a whole: it scores 98, against 88 for the 5 km around Kyoto's centre. It is one of 2 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 5 ranked in Kyoto on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kyoto? Of the 5 Kyoto neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Nakagyō-ku (98), Shimogyō-ku (98) and Kamigyō-ku (97). ### How is the walkability score of Nakagyō-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 Nakagyō-ku it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 1.5 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps 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. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.