How walkable is Akihabara?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Akihabara has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Tokyo, which scores 98 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
13,024 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Akihabara. The nearest grocery is 肉のハナマサ秋葉原店, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- まいばすけっと4 min
- 福島屋秋葉原店4 min
- 秋葉原魚金1 min
- 和合餃子 秋葉原1 min
- くすりのおみせあおやぎ1 min
- スターベース東京1 min
- 山のcafe マロニエ2 min
- KEY'S CAFÉ2 min
- 朝日信用金庫 本店3 min
- 筑波銀行 東京支店4 min
- 練成公園6 min
- 芳林公園6 min
- 千代田区立昌平小学校7 min
- クラーク記念国際高等学校秋葉原ｉｔキャンパス7 min
- Blister4 min
- ラムタラエピカリアキバ5 min
- アキバシアター（AkibaTheater）3 min
- UDXシアター4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Akihabara at 35.7019, 139.7744. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 387 street intersections per km², and blocks average 52 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Akihabara
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Akihabara. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Tokyo
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ueno | 1000 m | 100 |
| Asakusa | 2.7 km | 99 |
| Ginza | 3.4 km | 100 |
| Roppongi | 5.7 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Tokyo page.
Questions about walking in Akihabara
Is Akihabara walkable?
Yes. Akihabara in Tokyo has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Akihabara more walkable than the rest of Tokyo?
Akihabara is about as walkable as Tokyo as a whole: it scores 100, against 98 for the 5 km around Tokyo's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Tokyo neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Tokyo?
Of the 5 Tokyo neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Ginza (100), Ueno (100) and Akihabara (100).
How is the walkability score of Akihabara 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 Akihabara it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m 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.