Dive into the heartwarming world of the Funiculi Funicula Cafe with Before I Knew I Loved You, the sixth installment in the multi-million-copy bestselling series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. This novel continues the enchanting premise: a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe allows patrons the chance to travel back in time, provided they return before their coffee gets cold. Experience luminous stories of love, lost and won again, that reaffirm the enduring potential of connection across time.

Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, this book features four new guests whose journeys explore deep emotional territory, changing them forever through their brief temporal visits.

• The sixth book in the phenomenal, bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe offering time travel.
• Features four new guests seeking to revisit loved ones or change past regrets.
• Explores enduring themes of love, loss, and reconciliation.
• Translated from Japanese into English.

• The girl wishing to make amends with the mother she never accepted.
• The man awaiting a reply from a girlfriend he never heard from again.
• The woman anxious to travel ahead to discover her future.
• The student traveling back to meet his late father once more.

• Author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Translator: Geoffrey Trousselot
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 240 pages
• Dimensions: 13 x 2.5 x 19.7 cm
• Weight: 300 g
• ISBN-13: 978-1035046294
• Reading Age: 18 years and up
• Publication Date: 21 May 2026

If you are captivated by stories where the enduring power of love transcends time, curl up with Before I Knew I Loved You and consider the irresistible question: what would you do with a chance to go back?