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It is not a unique phenomenon as it has been written about a lot and the staff is candid with the patrons about the rules of traveling back in time. It is a quirky story that is set in a small coffee shop in Tokyo where people go to travel back in time. “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a lighthearted novel that sometimes pokes fun at itself. It is a mysterious and romantic story but ultimately a story of lost loves found. The most important rule is that the journey will come to an end as soon as the coffee gets cold. Her story is set in a small café in Japan, particularly one seat in the cafe that allows the occupant to travel back in time. The book blew up and the rest as they say is history. Luckily, the editor that had brought Kawaguchi into the house exercised her right to decide on one title for publication every year. Still, it was not that easy getting published as the managing editor at Sunmark rejected the novel. He also had to flesh out the story given that plays generally tend to be shorter than novels. It took many rewrites as he had to revise the description of character movement, extend scenes, and pace the story differently.

One of the editors at Sunmark became interested in the play and convinced Kawaguchi to convert it into a novel. “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” that was formerly a critically acclaimed play had to be adapted to a different writing style to become the best-selling novel. Similar to many Japanese authors such as Yukiko Motoya and Toshiki Okada, Toshikazu Kawaguchi started his career as a playwright before he became an author.

“Das Magische Café from Droemer Knaur” the German version of the novel has been highly successful as had been the Chinese edition in Taiwan. Kawaguchi has sold the rights to the novel in more than nine jurisdictions including Turkey, China, Hungary, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The novel has sold more than 800,000 copies in his native Japan and has also been adapted into a movie. As a playwright, he wrote several critically acclaimed titles that include “Family Time,” “Sunset Song,” and “Couple.” He adapted his bestselling novel “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” from the play “1110 Productions” that was the winner of the grand prize at the 10th Suginami Drama Festival. He was formerly the director, producer, and writer for “Sonic Snail,” a small theatrical group. Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a Japanese literary fiction author born in 1971 in Osaka, Japan.