"Before the Coffee Gets Cold" by Toshikazu Kawaguchi tells the story of a peculiar Tokyo cafe called Funiculi Funicula, where customers can travel back in time under specific, strict rules, and only before their coffee gets cold. The story explores the lives of four different customers who each make use of this unique opportunity to revisit a moment in the past, hoping to change something or gain closure. The catch? They can't change the present, and they must return before their coffee gets cold, lest they become a ghost haunting the cafe.

Author

Toshikazu Kawaguchi