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How long would it take to walk every street in Kyoto?

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1,236days
walking 5 km a day·about 3½ years
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Street map of Kyoto

How many streets does Kyoto have?

Kyoto has 6,179 km of walkable streets and paths, across 789 named streets and 11 districts. Walking 5 km a day, it would take at least 1,236 days (about 3½ years) to walk every one of them.

Covers the area inside the official Kyoto boundary on OpenStreetMap. Last updated 4 October 2026.

6,179km of streets
789named streets
533landmark stamps to collect
11districts

Every street walked once, 5 km a day. Real walks double back, so the true number is a little higher.

Kyoto is the 82nd biggest of the 576 cities on Untrod by length of streets. A lot of it is for walking only: 24% is paths, footways and steps, against 19% in a typical city. Of its districts, 右京区 takes longest (229 days) and 下京区 is quickest (36 days). Along the way there are 533 landmarks to collect as stamps.

Start small

The quickest parts of Kyoto to finish. Each one is a month or two of daily walks.

下京区
下京区36 days
About 36 one-hour walks.179.6 km of streets
上京区
上京区39 days
About 39 one-hour walks.194.0 km of streets
東山区
東山区40 days
About 39 one-hour walks.195.9 km of streets

Your pace

The same streets at a different speed.

1,236days
at 5 km a day · about 3½ years
1 km a day15 km a day
30 min a dayabout 2.5 km2,472 days
1 hour a dayabout 5 km1,236 days
2 hours a dayabout 10 km618 days
Weekends only2 hours each day309 weeks

What’s the longest street in Kyoto?

Longest street千本通

18.8 km inside Kyoto

Next longest油小路通

18.6 km, then 上黒田貴船線 at 15.9 km

Most common name京都京北線

There are 3 separate streets called 京都京北線

Street mix
Residential streets 61%3,754 km
Paths and footways 24%1,502 km
Main roads 15%923 km

Landmarks to collect

533 stamps in Kyoto. Each one is added to your map when you walk past.

268Buddhist temples
110Shinto shrines
51museums
21bridges
一心院Buddhist temple
わら天神宮Shinto shrine
Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art MuseumMuseum

Put it in perspective

About 146 marathons
Roughly 8.0 million steps
About the distance from Kyoto to Anchorage, as the crow flies
More streets than Sendai, fewer than Hiroshima

All districts

Kyoto’s 11 districts. Select a column to sort.

下京区179.636
上京区194.039
東山区195.940
中京区219.844
南区371.975
山科区451.191
北区539.5108
西京区692.7139
伏見区1,059.4212
左京区1,134.7227
右京区1,143.7229

Cities like Kyoto

Nearby, and about the same size.

Questions

What counts as a street?

Every street, lane and path in OpenStreetMap that you’re allowed to walk on, named or not: residential streets, main roads, footways, park paths and steps. Motorways, private roads, driveways and car parks are left out, and so are pavements drawn as separate lines, because walking one already counts for the street beside it.

Why “at least”?

The number assumes you walk each street once, with no doubling back and no walk to get there. Real walks overlap, so it will take a little longer.

Where does the data come from?

From OpenStreetMap, a map of the world made by volunteers. Kyoto’s streets were last updated in October 2026.

What if a street is missing?

Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap. It will appear here, and on your map in Untrod, after the next update.

How does Untrod track it?

Untrod for iPhone records your location during a walk, and only then, and colours in each street you walk along. Your map is only visible to you until you choose to share it.

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