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2026

232 — August 2026
Walking The Length of Manhattan

231 — July 2026
Kazunori Hamana in Apartamento

230 — June 2026
Walking New York POPS

229 — June 2026
Speedwalking the Met

228 — June 2026
Walking the Brooklyn Bridge

227 — May 2026
The Inland Sea is Complicated

226 — April 2026
Walk and Talk — The Portuguese Coastal Camino

225 — March 2026
A Return to Nagasaki

224 — March 2026
The Shops Atop the Canal in Toyohashi

223 — February 2026
Start With a Walk

222 — January 2026
Eras

221 — January 2026
My 2026 New York Times Pick — Nagasaki

220 — January 2026
Happy New Year With a Side of Fries

2025

219 — December 2025
The Walk and Talk, Nagano Kiso-ji

218 — November 2025
No Phones in The Ten-don Shop

217 — October 2025
Full Days and the Long Walk

216 — September 2025
Between Two Mountains — A New Pop-up Newsletter

215 — September 2025
UNIQLO LifeWear Magazine — Classic Kissa

214 — September 2025
Revisiting the Train Man in Toyama

213 — August 2025
So, uh, I Walked Through Shibuya

212 — August 2025
Eating Linoleum in Karuizawa

211 — August 2025
Studio Goodbye, Studio Hello

210 — July 2025
Overtourism in Japan, and How it Hurts Small Businesses

209 — June 2025
A (Very) Short Walk With Rich Roll

208 — May 2025
OTHER THING - Photographs of Kii

207 — May 2025
A Short Walk to a Little Bookshop

206 — May 2025
The Six Week Book Tour, a 'Walk'

205 — April 2025
Talking While Walking the Camino Francés in Spain

204 — March 2025
Other Thing, Walking Yamaguchi

203 — February 2025
Garbage

202 — February 2025
About a Nightingale

201 — January 2025
Driving the Tōkaidō

200 — January 2025
Nytimes Pick 2025: Toyama and Noto

199 — January 2025
Walking Tokyo on New Year's Day

2024

198 — December 2024
Launching Japanese Kissa by Kissa

197 — November 2024
Why Kissas Intrigue (Places for People)

196 — November 2024
Those Shōwa Vibes

195 — October 2024
Walking to Bath, London's Greatness

194 — September 2024
Meeting Kevin

193 — September 2024
Walking the Great Kantō Quake of 1923

192 — August 2024
TBOT Cover and Three Mountains in Yamagata

191 — August 2024
Do You Want to Run a Kissa?

190 — July 2024
Tokyo Notes - Public Commons

189 — July 2024
Tōkaidō on Film — People

188 — June 2024
Slow Time and the Bali Walk and Talk

187 — May 2024
Ben Pobjoy's Tips for Long Walks

186 — May 2024
Pachinko Road, One More Time

185 — April 2024
Smelting and Steel in Photographs

184 — April 2024
Continuous Uninterrupted Solo Walks

183 — April 2024
Kitchen Arts and Kissa by Kissa

182 — April 2024
Yamaguchi Once More

181 — March 2024
Back to the Peninsula

180 — February 2024
To the Next Five Years of Memberships

179 — February 2024
Walking 2023

178 — January 2024
Parents in Japan in Photographs

177 — January 2024
Yamaguchi City — My 'New York Times' Pick This Year

2023

176 — December 2023
The Walk and Talk: Everything We Know

175 — December 2023
Walking the Heck out of Thailand

174 — November 2023
Things Become Other Things — Available Now!

173 — October 2023
Walking TOKIO TŌKYŌ TOKYO Part Three

172 — October 2023
TBOT Press Check, Walking Matsumoto

171 — September 2023
The Last Summer Walk

170 — September 2023
The Magical Japanese Art of Luggage Forwarding

169 — August 2023
My Next Book: Things Become Other Things

168 — August 2023
Movie Credit Boredom in Japan

167 — August 2023
British Sandwiches and Walking 300km of Wainwright's Coast to Coast

166 — July 2023
Jazz Kissa Tour — Thank You!

165 — June 2023
A Northern Japan Jazz Kissa Tour

164 — June 2023
Walking Northern California

163 — June 2023
Things to Eat and Drink and Places to Stay Along the Kiso-Ji [Part 3]

162 — May 2023
Drumming is a Kind of Walking

161 — April 2023
Death and Not Death Along the Kiso-ji [Part 2]

160 — April 2023
Walking the Kiso-ji [Part 1]

159 — March 2023
Walking Around Kan Yasuda's Sculptures

158 — March 2023
A Walking Man

157 — February 2023
Walking Zelda

156 — February 2023
The People of Morioka

155 — February 2023
Rewalking Tokyo Again and Again

154 — January 2023
Walking TOKIO TŌKYŌ TOKYO^² — Winter Edition

2022

153 — December 2022
The Sorta Kinda Life Changing Bliss of Walking Solo

152 — December 2022
How to go for Long Walks Long Walks Long Walks in the Rain in Kyoto

151 — December 2022
Kissa by Kissa by Kissa by Kissa

150 — November 2022
The Performance Art of the Walk

149 — November 2022
The Body on a Long Walk

148 — September 2022
Pop-up: Kiiiiiiiiiiiiii

147 — September 2022
Japan Reopens, Post-Pandemic Travel Tips

146 — August 2022
Walking TOKIO TŌKYŌ TOKYO for Seven Days

145 — July 2022
Walking Alec Soth

144 — July 2022
Walking Venice

143 — May 2022
Walking the Cotswolds,
Walking Japan

142 — May 2022
Europe Walking, New Pop-up Newsletter — MIBAW

141 — April 2022
A walk around Kii in the New York Times

140 — April 2022
The Life of One Den

139 — March 2022
Walk for the Boredom of it All

138 — February 2022
Biking for Sugar and Bread

137 — February 2022
A Livestream Talk + Q&A

136 — February 2022
Ridgeline + Memberships, Year Four

135 — January 2022
Tagging Ridgeline

134 — January 2022
The 'Rules' of Walking

2021

133 — December 2021
The Year in Walking — 2021

132 — November 2021
The Next 500km+ Walk:
Ten Cities Across Japan

131 — October 2021
The Craft of 'Kissa by Kissa'

130 — October 2021
Electric Bike Ride #1

129 — October 2021
Ōdaigahara Mountain Area

128 — September 2021
Book Hiatus

127 — August 2021
A Walk Through Kagurazaka

126 — August 2021
It Is Solved by Electric Bike

125 — August 2021
Groundhog Day, but Kinda Evil

124 — August 2021
The Lost Marutanbo

123 — July 2021
King of Summer No Tan

122 — July 2021
Book Iterations

121 — July 2021
Matsumoto, Kissa Time

120 — July 2021
Walk Questions, Answered (#1)

119 — June 2021
All The Gear

118 — May 2021
Pack Exhaustion

117 — April 2021
New Pop-up Newsletter — Kumano Kodō

116 — April 2021
A Walk is a Platform for Creative Work

115 — April 2021
Walk as Spreadsheet

114 — April 2021
Mountain Mode, Village Mode

113 — March 2021
The Walk, A Concept

112 — March 2021
Diary Entry: March 19, 2021

111 — March 2021
Long, Boring Walks

110 — March 2021
Repetition On the Long Walk

109 — February 2021
Ri — The Distance Walked in an Hour

108 — February 2021
Huh — A Photo-a-Week Newsletter

107 — February 2021
A Late Night Walk in a Small Southern Town

106 — February 2021
The Buzz Cut

105 — January 2021
Membership Enabled Walks

104 — January 2021
True Names, True Walks

103 — January 2021
Welcome Back to Our COVID Loop

2020

102 — December 2020
The Year in Walking, Ridgeline 2020

101 — December 2020
Them Post-walk Blues

100 — December 2020
Nara, Wonderful Nara

099 — November 2020
Six Tōkaidō Moments

098 — November 2020
COVID-19 and Walking Japan

097 — November 2020
Walking Mode

096 — November 2020
Housekeeping

095 — October 2020
Come Walk With Me

094 — October 2020
Kissa, 2nd Edition

093 — October 2020
Prepping for a Big Tōkaidō Walk

092 — October 2020
Monkeys, Literature, Food, and Walking

091 — October 2020
Self-Improvement and the Big Walk

090 — September 2020
Disaster, Averted?

089 — September 2020
Long Walk Thinking

088 — September 2020
Photos: Book Machines

087 — September 2020
Kanazawa, Clear Nodes

086 — August 2020
Summer Walks

085 — August 2020
Karuizawa

084 — August 2020
A Tiny Celebration

083 — August 2020
Kissa by Kissa by Book by Launch

082 — July 2020
No Fly Walk Zone

081 — July 2020
Fish & Chips

080 — July 2020
A Walk in Griffith Park

079 — July 2020
A Famous Journalist

078 — July 2020
Nagano, 125 Years Ago

077 — June 2020
A Book About Kissa — Part 5

076 — June 2020
Walking the Inland Sea of Japan

075 — June 2020
A Book from Pizza Toast — Part 4

074 — June 2020
A Walk, a Protest

073 — May 2020
A Book from Pizza Toast — Part 3

072 — May 2020
A Book from Pizza Toast — Part 2

071 — May 2020
A Book from Pizza Toast — Part 1

070 — May 2020
Kodomo-no-hi

069 — April 2020
Walking Shōwa Tokyo

068 — April 2020
A Very Big Walking Website

067 — April 2020
A Year of Walking, and Then Not

066 — April 2020
Consider Joe Pera’s Gait

065 — March 2020
Walking Nan Shepherd’s Mountain

064 — March 2020
Textures Along a Quarantine Path

063 — March 2020
Walking in the Age of Corona

062 — March 2020
The Silver Mine with the Dog

061 — March 2020
Walking the Hagi Ōkan

060 — February 2020
So Now You Own a Kissa

059 — February 2020
A Talking Horse

058 — February 2020
A Walk is a Tool and a Platform

057 — February 2020
The Dreaded Membership Issue

056 — January 2020
Responses to SMSs Part 4

055 — January 2020
The Rigor of Process

054 — January 2020
Photos: Ise-ji Objects

053 — January 2020
Obama, City of Saba

2019

052 — December 2019
Pizza Toast Tales: Alps

051 — December 2019
Pizza Toast Tales: Thompson

050 — December 2019
Pop-Up Highlights

049 — December 2019
That Floating Feeling

048 — December 2019
Do You Drink?

047 — November 2019
Pop-Up Walk

046 — November 2019
Photographs and Frames

045 — November 2019
My Kingdom for Bread

044 — November 2019
A Billion Billion Steps

043 — October 2019
How to Walk and Talk

042 — October 2019
Cocoon of Sleep

041 — October 2019
Typhoon Stroll

040 — October 2019
Oze National Park

039 — September 2019
A Review of a Bed — Part 2

038 — September 2019
A Winter Walk

037 — September 2019
Responses to SMSes — Part 3

036 — September 2019
Postcards from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

035 — September 2019
Soviet Horse Race

034 — August 2019
SW945: The Sound of a Walk in Japan

033 — August 2019
Travel / Walking Gear

032 — August 2019
Walk as Public Talk

031 — August 2019
Country Texture, City Texture

030 — July 2019
Walk vs. Hike

029 — July 2019
A Review of Beds — Part 1

028 — July 2019
Responses to SMSes – Part 2

027 — July 2019
Walking, Habits, Systems

026 — July 2019
Responses to SMSes – Part 1

025 — June 2019
Ascetic Pants

024 — June 2019
Old Whiskey Shoes

023 — June 2019
Walk and Transcribe

022 — June 2019
Stillness (sorta)

021 — May 2019
The Unresolved Walk, the Best Walk

020 — May 2019
Special photo edition: Didn't Die in the Mountains

019 — May 2019
Root Appreciation

018 — May 2019
That Shinkansen Whoosh

017 — April 2019
End of an Era

016 — April 2019
Scale

015 — April 2019
Inoh Tadataka and the Tools of a Walk

014 — April 2019
The Curious Incident in the Bath in the Day-time

013 — April 2019
Walk Rhythms, SMS Publishing

012 — March 2019
Boredom and the Long Walk

011 — March 2019
A Few Feet Above the Earth

010 — March 2019
Flawless Mechanisms

009 — March 2019
Something Like a Scent

008 — February 2019
Charcoal

007 — February 2019
Cycles, Circuits, Collisions, Colliders

006 — February 2019
The Cafe With a View of the Waterfall

005 — February 2019
Ferociously Scary Things

004 — January 2019
Isobars

003 — January 2019
Zero milestone

002 — January 2019
Country lines

001 — January 2019
An endless, gritty, very spitty walk

2018

subscribe — December 2018
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