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Days at the Torunka Café

Torunka Café, Book 1

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Days at the Torunka Café

By: Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa - translation
Narrated by: Sadao Ueda
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Curl up with a hot drink and blanket this Christmas with Days at the Torunka Cafe, the cosy, life-affirming, beloved Japanese novel - from the author of international bestseller Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.


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From the author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Its regulars include Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into the shape of a ballerina; Hiroyuki Numata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighbourhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the café owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time.

While the Torunka Café serves up a perfect cup of coffee, it provides these sundry souls with nourishment far more lasting. Satoshi Yagisawa brilliantly illuminates the periods in our lives where we feel lost - and how we find our way again.

©2025 Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa (P)2025 Bonnier Books UK
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The narration was great and the stories (when I managed to follow) were good. However, I found it really difficult to keep track of the storyline and what was happening and when. I usually listen in on my drive to work but perhaps this is a book for bedtime. I gave up on it in the end because I just couldn’t keep up with the chopping and changing.

The title reminded me of the days at the morisaki bookshop.

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