Hidden down a side street in Tokyo, cafe Funiculi Funicula boasts many things: good coffee, good conversation, a friendly cast of regulars. But the cafe also offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel in time.
There are rulesyou must stick to: you have to sit in the right seat, accept the cofee poured for you, and finally - most importantly - you must return to the present before the coffee gets cold.
Following on from Toshikazu Kawaguchi's sensational debut Before the Coffee Gets Cold, in Tales from the Cafe we meet: the man seeking the best friend whose daughter he raised as his own; the son who did not come home for his mother's funeral; the lover who traveled to see the girl he couldn't marry; and the ageing detective who couldn't save his own life...
Beautifully told and brimming with warmth, Tales from the Cafe explores how we carry our past with us, and how far we'd go to see - perhaps for one last time - the ones we love.
Tales From the Cafe ~ by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Author Toshikazu Kawaguchi Series Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2 Pages 192 Size 195mm x 130mm