I loved learning about Nagasaki. Like many people, I thought the city was destroyed during WWII but in fact not

Craig Mod is an artist, author, and photographer who has lived in Japan for 25 years, chronicling the country through thousands of miles of recent solo walks. We explore walking as inner cartography—a practice that transforms attention into meaning. We discuss Craig's journey from his best friend's murder in Connecticut to finding home in Tokyo, the ineffable Japanese concept of "yōyū," reconciling adoption trauma through movement, and how 300-mile walks without digital distraction became his path to healing.

How Craig Mod modified my digital tools to reconnect with time on a six-week, 620-mile trip on foot across the country.