About the Book: Before I Knew I Loved You, the sixth novel in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, returns readers to Tokyo’s magical Funiculi Funicula Café, where visitors can journey through time under one extraordinary condition. Through four heartfelt stories of love, loss, regret and reconciliation, the novel explores the emotional power of revisiting the past while reminding us that every journey must end before the coffee grows cold. Tender, thought-provoking and deeply moving, this bestselling Japanese novel is a beautiful meditation on family, forgiveness, memory and the enduring power of love.