How walkable is Yokosuka?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Yokosuka has a walkability score of 66 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 51st most walkable of the 70 cities ranked in Japan, with 4 others.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,426 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Yokosuka. The nearest grocery is about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, coffee, parks and schools.
Groceries
- 森定商店, 17 min
- お米の里たけのうち, 18 min
Restaurants & bars
- ゆう楽亭, 5 min
- オールシーズン, 5 min
Shopping
- 影山輪業, 7 min
- ヨコスカ苔莉商店, 8 min
Coffee
- アザレア, 6 min
- 宍戸珈琲, 7 min
Banks
- みずほ銀行 横須賀支店, 18 min
- かながわ信用金庫, 20 min
Parks
- 宇東川公園, 5 min
- 豊の坪公園, 6 min
Schools
- 横須賀市立豊島小学校, 6 min
- うわまち幼稚園, 11 min
Books & libraries
- 横須賀市立中央図書館, 12 min
- エイミス, 15 min
Culture & entertainment
- Yokosuka Bunka Kaikan, 14 min
- 横須賀市文化会館, 14 min
Measured from the centre at 35.2681, 139.6672, the point near Yokosuka'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 83 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Yokosuka's score of 66 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 83 within 1 km of the centre, 68 from 1 to 3 km out and 59 from 3 to 5 km out. 38 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. 49% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Yokosuka. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 83 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 83 | 86% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 68 | 57% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 59 | 30% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Yokohama, Japan | 17 km | 86 |
| Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan | 19 km | 78 |
| Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 27 km | 85 |
| Machida, Tokyo, Japan | 35 km | 81 |
| Tokyo, Japan | 45 km | 98 |
Questions about walking in Yokosuka
Is Yokosuka a walkable city?
Partly. Yokosuka has a walkability score of 66 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 83. 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 51st of 70 cities in Japan and joint 354th 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. Yokosuka ranks joint 51st with 66.
How does Yokosuka compare with nearby cities?
Yokosuka is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 66, against Yokohama (86, 17 km away), Fujisawa, Kanagawa (78, 19 km away) and Kawasaki, Kanagawa (85, 27 km away).
Which part of Yokosuka is most walkable?
Yokosuka's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 83. Walkability averages 83 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the east (averaging 78) and falls most to the south-west (35).
How is Yokosuka's walkability score calculated?
For Yokosuka it is the average of 53 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 26 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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