The Long Walk Back to the Coast
An old pilgrim route, closed for two generations, has been reopened by volunteers. Walking it reveals a landscape reorganised around its absence.
Kenji Arai3 September 202612 min read
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An old pilgrim route, closed for two generations, has been reopened by volunteers. Walking it reveals a landscape reorganised around its absence.
Kenji Arai on the road, rail and river connections that decide whether a harbour is a gateway or a cul-de-sac.
Kenji Arai reports from a harbour that lost its industry and is now negotiating, street by street, what should take its place.
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