Days at the Torunka Cafe

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Cafe, a neighbourhood 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 Numata, a middle-aged man who's returned to the neighbourhood searching for the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the cafe 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 the Torunka Cafe 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.

Ascunsa pe o strada laterala ingusta din Tokyo se afla Cafeneaua Torunka, un colt de cartier unde trecatorii sunt la fel de predispusi la pisici locale ca si la turisti. Printre clientii fideli se numara Chinatsu Yukimura, o tanara misterioasa care lasa intotdeauna in urma un servetel impaturit in forma de balerina; Hiroyuki Numata, un barbat de varsta mijlocie care s-a intors in cartier in cautarea vietii fericite la care a renuntat odata; si Shizuku, fiica adolescenta a proprietarului cafenelei, care inca se confrunta cu moartea surorii sale in timp ce se indragosteste pentru prima data.