Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Tales from the Cafe cover art

Tales from the Cafe

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot - translator
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £10.99

Buy Now for £10.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Seven Doors cover art
Four Seasons in Japan cover art
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch cover art
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said cover art
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop cover art
The Temptation to Be Happy cover art
The Number of Love cover art
Invitation to a Beheading cover art
From the Outside cover art
It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square cover art
The House on Tradd Street cover art
The Wife's Choice cover art
Midlife Curses cover art
Black Heart cover art
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job cover art
The Red Garden cover art

Summary

The million-copy bestselling series

Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s heartwarming
Tales from the Cafe, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?

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 a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers, we will be introduced to:

The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
The son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeral
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift...


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

©2020 Toshikazu Kawaguchi (P)2020 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd

Critic reviews

With his smooth, pleasant voice, Shen channels the heartwarming and thought-provoking ambiance of the special Cafe Funiculi Funicula in Tokyo, which allows visitors to travel back in time under very specific rules. As is the case with the first book, there are four heart-tugging connected stories that explore life’s challenges and delve deeply into the characters. Shen provides unique voices and renders a wide range of emotions with depth, connecting listeners with people who seem like old friends. - WINNER OF AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD

What listeners say about Tales from the Cafe

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    63
  • 4 Stars
    29
  • 3 Stars
    15
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    58
  • 4 Stars
    27
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    60
  • 4 Stars
    23
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    5
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I have no notes

Perfect narrator doing all the voices (especially moi)
Stories as heartfelt as ever.
Such a great series

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Heartfelt

So sad, so heartwarming, so heartbreaking, truly wonderful. It's definitely a book of comfort if you have suffered grief in life.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

First book was better

I didnt love this as much as the first book. But i still really enjoyed it. We get to know the cafe owner and workers a bit more in this one :) But I didnt feel as invested in these stories.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

loved it

this book made me cry so much such a lovely story would definitely read again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I love this series

I loved the first book and I also love this one. Easy to listen to, cool concept for a story , and makes you think

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Good

I don’t know what to write here I just wanted to leave a star rating

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Another stunning chapter of this saga

Excellent storytelling and characters that seem plucked from reality. Another beautiful bounce back and forwards in time whilst telling very human stories.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful story!

Such a lovely story, love the way it was written and the attention to detail! DEFINATELY recommend!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful book but Prefer Arina Ii's Narration

It's a beautiful story but I wish it had been narrated by Arina Ii who narrated the audiobook of the first novel

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

loved this

loved this book, such a clever idea and story line
beautiful story to listen to, clear narration
wonderful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!