How walkable is Ginza?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ginza has a walkability score of 100 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 most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Tokyo, which scores 98 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
15,946 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ginza. The nearest grocery is 伊藤商店, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- 銀座千疋屋銀座本店1 min
- Rodda's2 min
- 和光 別館(WAKO ANNEX)1 min
- 銀座魚勝1 min
- ぎおん石銀座店1 min
- Gucci1 min
- 炭火焙煎珈琲 凛1 min
- Ploom Shop 銀座店1 min
- 新生銀行銀座支店2 min
- 三菱Ufj銀行銀座支店2 min
- 築地川銀座公園8 min
- 築地川祝橋公園9 min
- 串あげもの 旬s5 min
- (株)さくらさくみらい7 min
- エインカレム1 min
- 教文館管財1 min
- Cine Switch Ginza1 min
- 銀座十字屋 ハープ＆フルートサロン1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ginza at 35.6720, 139.7647. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 228 street intersections per km², and blocks average 74 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Ginza
- 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 Ginza. Rings mark 250 m and 550 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Tokyo
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Roppongi | 3 km | 100 |
| Akihabara | 3.4 km | 100 |
| Ueno | 4.4 km | 100 |
| Asakusa | 5.9 km | 99 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Tokyo page.
Questions about walking in Ginza
Is Ginza walkable?
Yes. Ginza in Tokyo has a walkability score of 100 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 Ginza more walkable than the rest of Tokyo?
Ginza is about as walkable as Tokyo as a whole: it scores 100, against 98 for the 5 km around Tokyo's centre. It ranks 1st 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 Ginza 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 Ginza 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.