travelling on foot; walking journey
Refers to the act of traveling by walking, often implying a leisurely or exploratory journey on foot.
彼は日本中を旅歩きして回った。
He traveled around Japan on foot.
The joy of traveling on foot is encountering unexpected scenery.
Compound of 旅 (tabi, 'journey') and 歩き (aruki, 'walking'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of noun-verb stem compounds.