Toshikazu Kawaguchi

  • Before the Coffee Gets Cold

    ?Before the Coffee Gets Cold – If You Could Travel Back, Who Would You See One Last Time 

    Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a beautifully poignant Japanese novel that blends magical realism with emotional storytelling. Set in a small, hidden café in Tokyo, the story follows four visitors, each yearning to reconnect with someone from their past. But time travel at Café Funiculi Funicula comes with strict rules: you must sit in a specific seat, you cannot leave the café during your visit, and above all—you must return before the coffee gets cold. Through this unique premise, the novel delicately explores love, loss, forgiveness, and the simple but profound human desire for closure.

  • Tales from the Café , Before the coffee gets cold

    Time, Coffee, and Second Chances in a Tokyo Café

    before the coffee gets cold Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a tender, thought-provoking continuation of the beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Set once again in the quaint, hidden Café Funiculi Funicula in Tokyo, this novel introduces four new visitors who each long to revisit a moment in their past. From a man wishing to see his best friend who died 22 years ago, to a son who missed his mother’s funeral, to a man who never married the woman he loved, and an elderly detective with one last gift left undelivered—each story explores the deep human desire for closure, connection, and redemption.

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