Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, 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 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.
