Here is the output of my week in Ishinomaki in March 2018, with the first Sosei Partners Writers Program. I had a brilliant week meeting the diverse people making the present and future of Ishinomaki such an interesting place.
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We set off on the 112, that graceful route through the mountainous heart of Yamagata prefecture, on a sunny day in August.
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The place I live is called Yamagata. In Japanese, this literally means "mountain-shaped". In a couple of years here, I have fallen under the spell of these most-unchanging facets of nature, and they have certainly changed me.
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