Craig Mod

Japan

Writer and Photographer at Freelance

Thing Become Other Things, coming May 6: https://t.co/6OiXRk9WOw

Articles

Craig Mod on the Creative Power of Walking

1 month ago | lithub.com | Craig Mod

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisementThe fullest day I know of begins with taking a portrait of a stranger in the middle of nowhere by 10 a.m. I do this while walking the historic roads of my home country, Japan. At 8 a.m. I set off with the goal of clocking some 20-40 kilometers, and by 9:50, I usually still haven’t taken that portrait.
Craig Mod: Things Become Things That Last

1 month ago | spotlightonpodcast.com | Craig Mod

Craig Mod, author of Things Become Other Things, explains how his love of independent publishing remains uncompromised despite a book deal with Random House and why books represent the perfect focused technology in an age of constant digital distraction. Show Notes Transcript Guest Profile Leave a Comment Random House has just released Things Become Other Things, a walking memoir that traces his 300-mile journey along ancient pilgrimage paths in rural Japan.
A 300-mile Walk Along Japan’s Ancient Pilgrimage Routes

1 month ago | cntraveler.com | Craig Mod

All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Thirty days, maybe forty—this is my plan. The walking plan. I’m not depressed per se, no great emptiness has taken hold, but something is off, has been off a while. I feel restless. So I set off on this walk. May 2021.
A 300-mile Walk Along Japan’s Ancient Pilgrimage Routes

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Craig Mod

All products featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by Condé Nast Traveler editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Craig ModThirty days, maybe forty—this is my plan. The walking plan. I’m not depressed per se, no great emptiness has taken hold, but something is off, has been off a while. I feel restless. So I set off on this walk. May 2021.
A 300-mile Walk Along Japan’s Ancient Pilgrimage Routes

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Craig Mod

To Avoid the Effects of Climate Change, Tokyo is Tunneling Under Its StreetsThere are a lot of ways humanity is readying itself for the effects of climate change, but in Japan, they’re digging. They are tunneling a massive 42-foot-wide cavern that will eventually stretch some 2.8 miles under the city of Tokyo and divert flood waters.
Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

Mar 13, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | John Lisle |Kelsey Grammer |Daniel Brook |Craig Mod

Bridget Read. Crown, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-44392-7New York magazine journalist Read debuts with a penetrating exposé of multilevel marketing schemes.
A New Kind Of Adventure

Feb 28, 2025 | davidcharles.substack.com | Craig Mod |David Charles

And a warm welcome from the Palace. I’ve been fortunate to have worked with and for many, many brilliant leaders in the course of my life.
Uma vila japonesa quer que os turistas visitem o calor, a fuligem e o aço

Apr 26, 2024 | estadao.com.br | Craig Mod

Em outubro passado, encontrei-me na Vila Yoshida diante de uma tatara, uma fornalha gigante de topo aberto, cheia de carvão vegetal e que funcionava com uma ferocidade tão controlada que poderia ter sido um cenário do quarto de Lúcifer. No fundo do ventre daquelas chamas alaranjadas, havia um lingote crescente e mutilado que continha um aço de qualidade excepcional chamado tamahagane, ou aço-joia, do qual as espadas japonesas foram feitas durante grande parte da história do país.
A Japanese Village Wants Tourists to Come for Heat, Soot and Steel

Apr 18, 2024 | nytimes.com | Craig Mod

To lure visitors, residents of Yoshida, famed for its high-quality steel, are inviting tourists to help produce it. The furnace in Yoshida reaches temperatures of about 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Credit... This past October, I found myself in Yoshida Village standing before a tatara, a giant open-top furnace that was filled with charcoal and raging with such controlled ferocity that it could have been a set piece in Lucifer's bedroom.