Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is this week's Book of the Week. In a tiny basement cafe (or kissaten) in Tokyo, it's rumoured, you can travel back in time, but there are conditions: you must return before the coffee gets cold. This is a charming, approachable novel with a quirky sensibility.
>>Read Stella's review. 
>>Magic hemmed by protocol. 
>>The book has become a film. 
>>A tour of Tokyo's traditional kissatens. 
>>A brief history of the kissaten. 
>>Start reading the book before your coffee gets cold.