[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: Located on the second floor of an old building on a back street in Yakuin, Fukuoka, the small store "Bungetsu" is "a store where you can read books and write letters. It is only open from crescent moon to full moon nights. If you have a bad day at work, if you are worried about your love life, if you want to talk to someone, or if you just want to stop by somewhere before going home, the thoughtful seasonal "kotsumami" made by the ...
Slow Short Stories Based in Fukuoka
I picked this book up because I lived in Fukuoka, and worked in Yakuin where the cafe in this novel is set. The display said "泣かせる本" so of course I had to get it. Jump three years later and I finally got around to reading aaaand, it was alright.
It's similar to コーヒーが冷めないうちに in that each chapter is a short story focusing on someone going through something and the cafe is a common set piece in all stories. The story doesn't focus on the owner, Aya all that much, she's just a constant background c