#803: Craig Mod Returns — Epic Walks in Japan, The Art of Slowness, Digital Detox, Publishing “Impossible” Books, and Choosing Beauty Over Scale

2025-03-27

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Craig Mod Returns! Craig is a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. He is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and more.Sponsors:Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim...

Craig Mod Returns! Craig is a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. He is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and more.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Molly Joins the Podcast

00:52 Meet Craig Mod

07:46 Living in a Six-Tatami Mat Room

12:24 Golden Gai: Tokyo's Historic Drinking District

17:33 Epic Walks: From Tokyo to Kumano Kodō

18:05 The Influence of John McBride

31:25 The Magic of Polite Japanese

38:38 The New Generation of Japanese-Speaking Foreigners

40:30 Kevin Kelly's Walk