{"title":"Japanese Translations","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"toshikazu-kawaguchi-before-we-say-goodbye","title":"Before Saying Goodbye by Kawaguchi Toshikazu","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"titleContributor\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose dark:prose-invert inline leading-relaxed break-words min-w-0 [word-break:break-word] prose-strong:font-medium [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;*:first-child]:mt-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eIf you could travel back in time one last time, who would you want to see? What final words would you need to speak?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eAt Café Funiculi Funicula, a humble Tokyo café famed in urban legend, visitors can do exactly that. A mysterious woman in a white dress sits at a particular seat, and when she rises, travellers may take her place. For the time it takes a cup of coffee to grow cold, they can journey into their past—though the café's rules are strict and strange. You cannot visit someone who never came to the café themselves. You cannot change what has already happened. And you must return before the coffee goes cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eThe regulars know these rules well, and many have already reunited with lost loves, made peace with estranged family, and said goodbye to those they thought were gone forever. But some farewells remain unspoken. In \u003cem\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e, the fourth instalment in Toshikazu Kawaguchi's multi-million-copy bestselling series, we meet four new visitors: the husband with something crucial left unsaid; the woman who could never bid farewell to her beloved dog; the woman who couldn't answer a marriage proposal; the daughter who drove her father away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eEach journey back is a chance for one final moment, one last conversation, one crucial goodbye. At 192 pages, \u003cem\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye\u003c\/em\u003e is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on regret, love, and the power of a second chance to say what matters most. 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To achieve his goal, Genly must bridge an almost incomprehensible gulf between his own humanity and a completely foreign way of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eWhen circumstance forces Genly into exile, he finds himself on a perilous 800-mile journey across Winter's frozen wasteland with Estraven, a local politician similarly cast out and fleeing his own form of persecution. As they trek through unforgiving ice and bitter cold, two strangers become something more: companions, confidants, friends. They discover that love—true, transformative love—doesn't sit there passively like a stone; it must be made, remade, constantly renewed, like bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin's masterpiece is far more than science fiction. It is a profound exploration of gender, identity, society, and the deepest nature of human connection. At 336 pages, \u003cem\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a landmark achievement in speculative fiction—a work that challenges assumptions, expands possibilities, and reveals how \"the world can be a better place\" when we truly see and understand one another. 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More importantly, who would you want to see again—maybe for one last time?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eOn the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Café Donna Donna is fabled for its spectacular views overlooking Hakodate port. But it offers something far more precious: the extraordinary, inexplicable power to journey through time. 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Each comes to the café seeking what time has stolen—redemption, closure, connection, or simply the chance to say goodbye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eFeaturing Kawaguchi's signature wistful storytelling and gentle wisdom, \u003cem\u003eBefore Your Memory Fades\u003c\/em\u003e is brimming with heart and emotion. At 256 pages, it's a tender meditation on regret, time, love, and the precious moments we can never reclaim—yet somehow, in this magical place, might still be possible. 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