Characters
This character has Alzheimer's disease
Who is Fusagi?
The story is located in this city
Tokyo, Japan
This character wants to travel back in time to revisit or prevent the breakup with her boyfriend
Fumiko
Name two major topics in the story
Finding Closure
Power of love
Importance of Family
Value of Time
Regret and Redemption
This person left to work in America
Accurately describe how the cafe looks on the inside.
it is only lit by 6 lamps and has a warm sepia hue that makes it feel nostalgic and calm on the inside
Name 3 rules of time travel
You must sit in the specific seat even while in the past, You can only meet someone who has also visited the café, You cannot change the present, You must return to the present before the coffee goes cold
What is the genre of Before the Coffee Gets Cold?
Magical Realism
This is Kei's daughter
Miki
which of the three clocks in the cafe keeps accurate time?
The middle clock
What was the second visitor's reason for wanting to go back in time?
Receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's
This character symbolizes the consequences of being stuck in one's past
This character ran a local bar
Hirai
This is the name of the cafe
Café Funicali Funicala
What was the third visitor's reason for wanting to go back in time?
To see her sister one last time
What do the three clocks symbolize in the story?
Past, Present, and Future
Nagare's wife
Who is Kei
The year the cafe opened
1874
What is unique about Kei's time travel journey when compared to the others?
She travels to a future moment instead of the past
What was the name of the hotel Hirai's parents owned?
Takakura