The coldest winter, the warmest hearts is a travel story featuring the rural town of Ishinomaki, in Sendai, Japan. It was created as part of the writer's program BOUNDLESS, organised by SoSei Partners an organisation that runs rural rejuvenation programs across Japan. This story was featured in Travel Stories and Highlights 2019 by Robert Fear. Read the story below. =========== Two disorientating nights in Tokyo – squished like sanma in a tin can with the rush hour crowd commuting along the Yamanote line; stunned like a deer in headlights at the billboards in dizzying colours and fonts all around the Shibuya…