Days at the Torunka Cafe – Book Review

Quick Review:- If you are looking for a comfort read and a quick read, then this book is one for you

Rating:- 4/5

From the internationally bestselling 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 neighborhood 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 Yumata, a middle-aged man who’s returned to the neighborhood 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 Café Torunka 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.

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Nestled in the narrow streets of Tokyo is a cafe named as Torunka Cafe. Chinatsu Yukimura is a mysterious young woman who makes napkins shaped in the form of ballerina. Then we have Hiroki who returned back to the neighborhood to look for the happy life he had given up once and then Shizuka who is dealing with her sister’s death. Each of these three stories tell you how to appreciate with what you have, always ending on a positive tone.

My favorite one is the first story, which involved Chinatsu and a young man named Shuichi, who is working at the cafe as part time. The first story was enjoyable, talking about forgiveness and moving on with life. The other two stories are OK in my opinion and kind of felt flat in my opinion but nonetheless it was OK.

Overall, I give this book a four star reading.