before the coffee gets cold tales from the cafe

We find it in new buds, a comfortable breeze and the warmth of the sun. We notice it emerging with our eyes, our skin and other senses.

There is no one day that clearly marks when winter ends and spring begins.

When spring begins, however, cannot be pinpointed to one particular moment. “People tend to feel happy when spring arrives, especially after a cold winter. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time? This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. The old detective who never gave his wife that gift. The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry The son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeral The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago įrom the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes Tales from the Cafe, a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.Īmong some faces that will be familiar to readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to: But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years.

Before the coffee gets cold tales from the cafe