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Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Published on: FEB 01, 2025
Reading time: 6 MIN READ
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A minimalist exploration of time, regret, and the fleeting nature of human connection in a small Tokyo cafe.

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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.

Reflections by Sanjukta

“Literature is not merely a collection of stories, but a series of rooms we choose to inhabit. I hope this analysis helps you find the door.”

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