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Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Biography

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Toshikazu Kawaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He has produced, directed and written for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his most representative works include "COUPLE," "Sunset Song" and "family time." His play "Before the Coffee Gets Cold" won the Grand Prize at the Suginami Drama Festival grand prize.

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Books by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Before We Say Goodbye
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Fiction, Magical Realism

The regulars at the magical Café Funiculi Funicula are well-acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary time-travel offer. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks, and there are rules to follow. In the tradition of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, readers once again will be introduced to a new set of visitors: the husband with something important left to say; the woman who couldn't bid her dog farewell; the woman who couldn't answer a proposal; and the daughter who drove her father away.

Before Your Memory Fades
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Fiction, Magical Realism

On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Café Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo café Funiculi Funicula, Café Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of traveling through time. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s previous novels, BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and TALES FROM THE CAFÉ, readers also will be introduced to a daughter who begrudges her deceased parents for leaving her orphaned, a comedian who aches for his beloved and their shared dreams, a younger sister whose grief has become all-consuming, and a young man who realizes his love for his childhood friend too late.

Tales from the Café
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Fiction, Magical Realism

In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than a hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee --- the chance to travel back in time. With faces both familiar and new, TALES FROM THE CAFÉ follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and revisit moments with family, friends and lovers. Each one must face up to the past to move on with their lives.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Fiction, Magical Realism

In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than a hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee --- the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn’t so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.