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Explore The 5 Most Walkable Wards In Tokyo
What are the best places around Tokyo to ramble around on foot? Here are the city’s most walkable wards, complete with guides.
Everyone in Japan’s still waiting for the cherry blossoms to hit full bloom after an unexpected delay. Given that, a simple stroll may be the best way to salvage a sunny day’s plan. Here are the best areas to hit in one of the world’s most walkable cities.
Locals spill best places to walk
Booking.com, the U.S. Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), and others have previously named Tokyo one of the world’s most walkable cities. Japanese news platform NetLab released its recent survey that asked which parts of Tokyo are the most walkable.
Shibuya is known worldwide for its scrambling crosswalk and Halloween parades. Surprisingly, however, it didn’t make it into NetLab’s top 5 areas for strolling through Tokyo.
Each area, administered as a ward or ku (区), has a public office or tourism bureau. And each publishes brochures on the best walking courses its neighborhoods offer. These wards make getting in your 10,000 daily steps too easy.
