How walkable is Sakae-ku, Yokohama?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Sakae-ku has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 7th most walkable of the 8 neighbourhoods ranked in Yokohama, with 1 other, which scores 86 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
528 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Sakae-ku. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- FUJIスーパー 小菅ケ谷店, 17 min
- 業務スーパー笠間店, 17 min
Restaurants & bars
- 専科 横浜本店, 4 min
- モスバーガー, 4 min
Shopping
- ローソン, 3 min
- ファミリーマート, 3 min
Coffee
- ドトールコーヒーショップ 本郷台店, 6 min
- Cafe&Bar T'amo, 6 min
Banks
- 横浜銀行本郷台支店, 6 min
- 横浜農業協同組合（ＪＡ横浜） 本郷東支店, 18 min
Parks
- 本郷台公園, 4 min
- 鍛冶ヶ谷中居公園, 6 min
Schools
- 横浜市立本郷中学校, 5 min
- かつら愛児園, 5 min
Books & libraries
- BOOKOFF 横浜本郷台店, 27 min
- ブックオフ鎌倉大船店, 30 min
Culture & entertainment
- 本郷台囲碁クラブ, 9 min
- 笠間ゆうわ館, 28 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Sakae-ku, Yokohama at 35.3643, 139.5540. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 211 street intersections per km², and blocks average 64 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Sakae-ku, Yokohama
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Sakae-ku, Yokohama. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Yokohama
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kōnan-ku | 5.4 km | 83 |
| Gumyōji | 7.8 km | 97 |
| Minami-ku | 10.2 km | 91 |
| Nishi-ku | 11.5 km | 96 |
| Seya-ku | 12.4 km | 77 |
| Hiyoshi | 22.5 km | 92 |
| Azamino | 22.8 km | 89 |
See all 8 neighbourhoods of Yokohama ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Sakae-ku, Yokohama
Is Sakae-ku walkable?
Yes. Sakae-ku in Yokohama has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Sakae-ku more walkable than the rest of Yokohama?
Sakae-ku is less walkable than Yokohama as a whole: it scores 77, against 86 for the 5 km around Yokohama's centre. It is the joint 7th most walkable of the 8 neighbourhoods ranked in Yokohama, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Yokohama?
Of the 8 Yokohama neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Gumyōji (97), Nishi-ku (96) and Hiyoshi (92).
How is the walkability score of Sakae-ku 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 Sakae-ku it is the average of 60 points spread evenly across the 2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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