Before We Say Goodbye

At Café Funiculi Funicula, time travel comes with a catch—but that hasn’t stopped people from returning, hoping for one last chance to reconnect. Within its quiet walls, where coffee is served with care and a single seat grants a journey to the past, lives are changed in the brief window before the coffee gets cold.

In this poignant continuation of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beloved series, four new visitors arrive, each carrying unresolved longing and unspoken words. A husband hopes to share something left unsaid; a woman mourns the dog she never got to say goodbye to; another hesitates over a marriage proposal she left unanswered; and a daughter seeks to understand the father she pushed away.

With the same gentle magic and emotional depth that captured hearts around the world, Before We Say Goodbye offers a tender meditation on love, regret, and the healing power of second chances. Kawaguchi once again asks: If you could travel through time, who would you visit—and what would you say before it’s too late?