Before Saying Goodbye by Kawaguchi Toshikazu

Before We Say Goodbye

If you could travel back in time one last time, who would you want to see? What final words would you need to speak?

At 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.

The 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 Before We Say Goodbye, 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.

Each journey back is a chance for one final moment, one last conversation, one crucial goodbye. At 192 pages, Before We Say Goodbye is a hauntingly beautiful meditation on regret, love, and the power of a second chance to say what matters most. Perfect for returning readers and newcomers alike.