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How walkable is Little Tokyo?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Little Tokyo has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 400 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 Los Angeles, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
4,553 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Little Tokyo. The nearest grocery is Nijiya Market, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Marukai Market Little Tokyo5 min
- Little Tokyo Market Place7 min
- Honeymee Japanese Village1 min
- Blue Poké And Bar1 min
- Archrival1 min
- Pop Little Tokyo1 min
- Mitsuru Cafe1 min
- Cafe Dulce1 min
- Citibank3 min
- Los Angeles-Little Tokyo Closed 9/7 for Holiday3 min
- Los Angeles City Hall Park9 min
- San Julian Park11 min
- Magnolia Public Schools4 min
- Nishi Hongwanji Child Development Center9 min
- Kinokuniya Books5 min
- Little Tokyo Branch Library6 min
- Lounge Ohjah2 min
- The Democracy Center2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Little Tokyo at 34.0485, -118.2399. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 75 street intersections per km², and blocks average 100 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Little Tokyo
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Little Tokyo. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Los Angeles
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Skid Row | 600 m | 93 |
| Downtown Los Angeles | 1.1 km | 95 |
| Chinatown | 1.7 km | 87 |
| Koreatown | 6.2 km | 90 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Los Angeles page.
Questions about walking in Little Tokyo
Is Little Tokyo walkable?
Yes. Little Tokyo in Los Angeles has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Little Tokyo more walkable than the rest of Los Angeles?
Little Tokyo is more walkable than Los Angeles as a whole: it scores 97, against 82 for the 5 km around Los Angeles's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Los Angeles neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Los Angeles?
Of the 5 Los Angeles neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Little Tokyo (97), Downtown Los Angeles (95) and Skid Row (93).
How is the walkability score of Little Tokyo 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 Little Tokyo it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 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.