How walkable is Asakusa?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Asakusa has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 550 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Tokyo, which scores 98 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,840 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Asakusa. The nearest grocery is たまや, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- マルエツ5 min
- フレックス5 min
- ビストロ 福昇亭1 min
- 菓子工房ルスルス 浅草店1 min
- ローソン1 min
- Annorum1 min
- Asakusa Yorozu Cafe 444 Fruits Parlor1 min
- Cafe Michikusa1 min
- みずほ銀行千束町支店6 min
- 朝日信用金庫 合羽橋支店千束出張所11 min
- 千束公園5 min
- 花川戸公園6 min
- 台東区立富士小学校2 min
- 千束小学校6 min
- 河合書店6 min
- Book and Design8 min
- 浅草5656会館3 min
- もふれる屋 カラハリ3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Asakusa at 35.7176, 139.7976. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 376 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 Asakusa
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 550 m around the centre of Asakusa. Rings mark 250 m and 550 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Tokyo
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ueno | 2.2 km | 100 |
| Akihabara | 2.7 km | 100 |
| Ginza | 5.9 km | 100 |
| Roppongi | 8.4 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Tokyo page.
Questions about walking in Asakusa
Is Asakusa walkable?
Yes. Asakusa in Tokyo has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 550 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Asakusa more walkable than the rest of Tokyo?
Asakusa is about as walkable as Tokyo as a whole: it scores 99, against 98 for the 5 km around Tokyo's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Asakusa 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 Asakusa it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 550 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.