Walking
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Tokyo Notes - Public Commons (July, 2024)
Thinking about sentos and shrines and kissaten and their value -
Tōkaidō on Film — People (July, 2024)
Some of the film I shot on the Tōkaidō in May 2024 -
Slow Time and the Bali Walk and Talk (June, 2024)
If you don't have time you can't be bored, and if you can't be bored ya might miss the good stuff -
Ben Pobjoy's Tips for Long Walks (May, 2024)
Ultra-walker Ben tells us how he does it -
Pachinko Road, One More Time (May, 2024)
Going back to walk the Tōkaidō from Kyoto to Tokyo -
Continuous Uninterrupted Solo Walks (April, 2024)
Always pick the long walk if you can pick the long walk -
Walking 2023 (February, 2024)
We walked about 700 or so deliberate kilometers in 2023 -
Things Become Other Things — Available Now! (November, 2023)
My new book about walking Japan is out -
Walking TOKIO TŌKYŌ TOKYO Part Three (October, 2023)
Let's walk all the way across Tokyo proper, from Chiba to Yamanashi -
The Last Summer Walk (September, 2023)
The summer is done and I only walked once -
Movie Credit Boredom in Japan (August, 2023)
The movie ends, nobody moves, nobody looks at their phones -
British Sandwiches and Walking 300km of Wainwright's Coast to Coast (August, 2023)
Some notes on sandwiches and the English St. Bees to Robin Hood's Bay 300km Coast to Coast walk -
Walking Northern California (June, 2023)
An unexpected week of walks -
Things to Eat and Drink and Places to Stay Along the Kiso-Ji [Part 3] (June, 2023)
Walking from Shiojiri to Nakatsugawa -
Drumming is a Kind of Walking (May, 2023)
Drumming as a proxy for moving through the world -
A Walking Man (March, 2023)
Thinking about Jiro Taniguchi's seminal manga -
Walking Zelda (February, 2023)
Walking Hyrule for some thirty-six years -
Rewalking Tokyo Again and Again (February, 2023)
Some notes from the recent pop-up walk -
Walking TOKIO TŌKYŌ TOKYO² — Winter Edition (January, 2023)
A new pop-up newsletter starting Jan 17, 2023 -
The Sorta Kinda Life Changing Bliss of Walking Solo (December, 2022)
Why I mostly walk alone -
Walking TOKIO TŌKYŌ TOKYO for Seven Days (August, 2022)
A pop-up newsletter running from August 15-21, 2022 -
Walking Venice (July, 2022)
Notes on a week of walking Venice, an incredibly beautiful city that feels totally cursed -
Walking the Cotswolds,
Walking Japan (May, 2022)
Notes on a week of walking through rural England, comparing it to rural Japan -
Europe Walking, New Pop-up Newsletter — MIBAW (May, 2022)
Getting on a plane for the first time in 28 months elevates the heart rate -
Walk for the Boredom of it All (March, 2022)
Boredom is a goal and a fine one at that -
The 'Rules' of Walking (January, 2022)
Which rules to keep, and which to throw away on a long walk -
The Year in Walking — 2021 (December, 2021)
We walked, we wrote, we photographed -
The Next 500km+ Walk:
Ten Cities Across Japan (November, 2021)
Walking Japan in a 10 city blip -
Ōdaigahara Mountain Area (October, 2021)
A few days hiking the Ōdaigahara area of Mie and Nara Prefectures -
Groundhog Day, but Kinda Evil (August, 2021)
Drawing on walks to stay sane -
New Pop-up Newsletter — Kumano Kodō (April, 2021)
Prepping for another thirty day walk -
Repetition On the Long Walk (March, 2021)
Looking again and again, and then once again -
The Buzz Cut (February, 2021)
You'd think a buzz would be a buzz would be a buzz -
Them Post-walk Blues (December, 2020)
Considering life after a big walk -
Nara, Wonderful Nara (December, 2020)
Exploring the mountains south of Nara -
Walking Mode (November, 2020)
Still walking, busy days -
Housekeeping (November, 2020)
We're off, tomorrow -
Summer Walks (August, 2020)
Righting the lopsided with walks -
Fish & Chips (July, 2020)
A 30km walk to Hayama and back -
A Famous Journalist (July, 2020)
Things we say when flustered -
A Year of Walking, and Then Not (April, 2020)
Suddenly being forced to stay still -
Walking the Hagi Ōkan (March, 2020)
A little-known path in Yamaguchi -
The Rigor of Process (January, 2020)
On how walking can reveal the story of place -
Pop-Up Highlights (December, 2019)
Highlights from pop-up walk 001 -
That Floating Feeling (December, 2019)
Out of body walking -
My Kingdom for Bread (November, 2019)
Some notes on prepping for a long walk -
Oze National Park (October, 2019)
Everyone is elderly and the planks are pretty -
A Winter Walk (September, 2019)
Planning 600km in December -
Soviet Horse Race (September, 2019)
A walk is both a walk and not a walk -
Travel / Walking Gear (August, 2019)
A few notes on gear for the long walk -
Walk and Transcribe (June, 2019)
A good tool for a long walk -
Scale (April, 2019)
Scale is all that matters -
Inoh Tadataka and the Tools of a Walk (April, 2019)
Walking tools and tools for walking -
A Few Feet Above the Earth (March, 2019)
On balance and the inner ear