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title: "Is Yokkaichi walkable? Walkability score 65/100"
description: "Yokkaichi scores 65/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable) across its central 5 km. How far walkability reaches, what's near the centre, and its rank in Japan."
url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/yokkaichi
updated: 2026-10-22
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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3.  Yokkaichi

# How walkable is Yokkaichi?

By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 

Yokkaichi has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 56th most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 1 other.

65 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable

Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

*   #56 of 70 tied, in Japan
*   #378 of 690 tied, worldwide
*   90 at the centre

[Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=34.96278&lon=136.61393&q=Yokkaichi%2C%20Japan) 

## What's within walking distance of the centre

1,254 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Yokkaichi. The nearest grocery is about 9 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee and parks.

### Groceries

2.3 of 3 points

*   アピタ四日市店, 9 min
*   成城石井近鉄四日市店, 10 min
*   グッディ新正店, 11 min

### Restaurants & bars

3.0 of 3 points

*   扇, 2 min
*   和食 たか, 2 min
*   炭火焼肉やくやく亭, 2 min

### Shopping

2.0 of 2 points

*   ローソン, 3 min
*   ファミリーマート, 3 min
*   くのしろ薬局, 4 min

### Coffee

2.0 of 2 points

*   ぶどうの木, 3 min
*   泗翠庵, 4 min
*   晴レカフェ, 7 min

### Banks

0.9 of 1 point

*   商工中金四日市支店, 7 min
*   三重北農業協同組合（ＪＡみえきた） 常磐支店, 8 min
*   三重北農業協同組合（ＪＡみえきた） 本店, 8 min

### Parks

1.0 of 1 point

*   鵜の森公園, 3 min
*   四日市市民公園, 9 min
*   安島二丁目公園, 11 min

### Schools

0.8 of 1 point

*   四日市市立桜中学校, 8 min
*   浜田保育園, 11 min
*   浜田小学校, 12 min

### Books & libraries

0.7 of 1 point

*   Animate Yokkaichi, 11 min
*   丸善四日市店, 11 min
*   宮脇書店四日市本店, 11 min

### Culture & entertainment

0.9 of 1 point

*   Club Chaos, 7 min
*   jazz spot veejay, 7 min
*   クラブケイオス, 7 min

Measured from the centre at 34.9628, 136.6139, the point near Yokkaichi's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

## Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 244 street intersections per km², and blocks average 61 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.

## How far walkability reaches

Yokkaichi's score of 65 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 93 within 1 km of the centre, 75 from 1 to 3 km out and 54 from 3 to 5 km out. 22 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 51% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.

![Walkability scores across the 5 km around central Yokkaichi, one hexagon per square kilometre. 50% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 10, is 4 km to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/japan/yokkaichi.svg?v=9bd139ad9b27)

Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Yokkaichi. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

| Area          | Score | Scoring 70+ | Points sampled |
| ------------- | ----- | ----------- | -------------- |
| Centre        | 90    | 100%        | 1              |
| Within 1 km   | 93    | 100%        | 7              |
| 1 to 3 km out | 75    | 75%         | 24             |
| 3 to 5 km out | 54    | 26%         | 38             |

## Nearby cities

| City                                                 | Distance | Score |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| [Nagoya](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/nagoya), Japan                | 36 km    | 92    |
| [Ichinomiya, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/ichinomiya), Japan | 41 km    | 66    |
| [Kasugai, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/kasugai), Japan       | 45 km    | 74    |
| [Okazaki, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/okazaki), Japan       | 50 km    | 70    |
| [Toyota, Aichi](https://howwalkable.com/cities/japan/toyota), Japan         | 50 km    | 60    |

## Questions about walking in Yokkaichi

### Is Yokkaichi a walkable city?

Partly. Yokkaichi has a walkability score of 65 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 90. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 56th of 70 cities in Japan and joint 378th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.

### What is the most walkable city in Japan?

Tokyo is the most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with a score of 98. Yokkaichi ranks joint 56th with 65.

### How does Yokkaichi compare with nearby cities?

Yokkaichi is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 65, against Nagoya (92, 36 km away), Ichinomiya, Aichi (66, 41 km away) and Kasugai, Aichi (74, 45 km away).

### Which part of Yokkaichi is most walkable?

The streets just around Yokkaichi's centre are its most walkable, averaging 93 within 1 km. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 90. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north (averaging 67) and falls most to the south (52).

### How is Yokkaichi's walkability score calculated?

For Yokkaichi it is the average of 69 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 35 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) 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. City position and population from GeoNames.

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