In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . .

. From 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 Funiculas time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchis previous novel, we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mothers funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe old detective who never gave his wife that gift .

. . This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives.

Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you do if you could travel back in time?