The most walkable neighbourhoods in Tokyo
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Tokyo ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Eight tie for the top score of 100/100, among them Jinbōchō, Shinjuku Ni-chōme and Ginza. All 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Ariake (73). 17 of them score 98 or more, so the order among those turns on small differences.
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jinbōchō | 100 |
| 1 | Shinjuku Ni-chōme | 100 |
| 1 | Ginza | 100 |
| 1 | Ebisu | 100 |
| 1 | Ueno | 100 |
| 1 | Akihabara | 100 |
| 1 | Roppongi | 100 |
| 1 | Nihonbashi | 100 |
| 9 | Akasaka | 99 |
| 9 | Kabukichō | 99 |
| 9 | Asakusa | 99 |
| 9 | Nishi-Shinjuku | 99 |
| 9 | Tsukiji | 99 |
| 9 | Marunouchi | 99 |
| 9 | Gotanda | 99 |
| 16 | Shinbashi | 98 |
| 16 | Ikebukuro | 98 |
| 18 | Nagatachō | 96 |
| 19 | Kasumigaseki | 92 |
| 20 | Ariake | 73 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Tokyo's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Jinbōchō
Jinbōchō scores 100/100, 4.7 km east of Tokyo's busiest point. It has the most libraries and bookshops of the five: 211 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest 矢口書店, about a minute away.
Shinjuku Ni-chōme
Shinjuku Ni-chōme is the most central of these five, 950 m north of Tokyo's busiest point, and scores 100/100. None of the others has as many cultural venues, with 387 in a 30 minute walk; Free Maison フリーメゾン is the nearest, about a minute away.
Ginza
Ginza scores 100/100, 5.2 km east of Tokyo's busiest point. Banks are where it leads the others, 156 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with みずほ銀行銀座支店, about a minute away. It has the fewest schools of the five, 29. More on Ginza.
Ebisu
Ebisu scores 100/100, 4 km south of Tokyo's busiest point. It has the most schools of the five: 90 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest 新橋保育園, about 4 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is banks, with 42.
Ueno
Ueno lies the furthest out of these five, 6.9 km north-east of Tokyo's busiest point, and scores 100/100. 10,413 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. More on Ueno.
Centre and outskirts
The 4 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Tokyo's centre average 99, and the 16 further out average 97, so walkability holds up away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Shinjuku Ni-chōme, 950 m away, scores 100, and the farthest, Ariake, 9.1 km out, scores 73.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Tokyo.
Tokyo as a whole scores 98 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Japan with ranked neighbourhoods: Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama.
Questions about Tokyo's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Tokyo?
8 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Tokyo tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): Jinbōchō, Shinjuku Ni-chōme, Ginza, Ebisu, Ueno, Akihabara, Roppongi and Nihonbashi.
How are Tokyo's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Tokyo scores 98 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.