Hot Chocolate on Thursday, Michiko Aoyama
Hot Chocolate on Thursday, Michiko Aoyama
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Hot Chocolate on Thursday
A Novel

Author: Michiko Aoyama

Narrator: Ami Okumura Jones, Daniel Bunton, Nicky Talacko, Winson Ting

Unabridged: 3 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2026


Synopsis

Across a bridge in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, a seasonal cherry blossom sits on the river. Nearby is the Marble Cafe, where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favorite hot drink. Both wonder about each other and about the other lives of the clientele who frequent this charming little cafe behind the trees...

Without even realizing it, we may touch and change someone else's life.

Taking a walk along the river, cooking the best tamagoyaki, ordering hot chocolate, forgetting to remove our nail polish... The small, everyday acts that we do can lead to unexpected encounters, reverberate far beyond our own circle, and ultimately make a difference in the world around us.

Hot Chocolate on Thursday is a tapestry of slice-of-life moments that each open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious Marble Cafe. What happens in between will touch and swell your heart, as we connect with a community of untold unfolding lives.

About Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. After university, she became a reporter for a Japanese newspaper based in Sydney before moving back to Tokyo to work as a magazine editor. What You Are Looking For Is in the Librarywas short-listed for the Japan Booksellers’ Award and became a Japanese bestseller. It is being translated into more than fifteen languages. Michiko Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cecilia on June 19, 2025

Historias interconectadas que se sienten como un abrazo. Leer este libro es regalarte una pausa relajada en medio del caos de la semana.......more

Goodreads review by Phu on July 25, 2023

Cacao ngày thứ Năm gồm 12 truyện ngắn. Bối cảnh những câu chuyện này diễn ra ở hai đất nước, Nhật bản và Sydney - Úc. Nhưng dù vậy 12 truyện ngắn này có sự liên kết với nhau, nội dung không hề khó hiểu như những tập truyện ngắn khác của Nhật. Ngay từ truyện đầu tiên "Cacao ngày thứ năm" mình đã thấy......more

Goodreads review by Livresse de Lola on May 05, 2024

4,25/5 ✨ Une excellente lecture qui se lit à la vitesse de la lumière. Ce roman choral en 12 chapitres, un pour chacun des personnages qui sont tous liés les uns aux autres, a réussi à me charmer avec son ambiance très douce, remplie d'amour, d'amitié, de sagesse mais surtout de simplicité. Plein d......more

Goodreads review by angiees_books♡ on January 30, 2026

mega przyjemna, idealna na gorsze dni żeby poprawić sobie humor ❤️‍🩹 cudowne jest to że takie niepozorne rzeczy mogą łączyć ludzi 🥹......more

Goodreads review by Ale on June 27, 2025

Hay libros que llegan cuando los necesitas… ¡y este fue uno de esos! Miren, no les voy a mentir: Mis tardes en el pequeño café de Tokio no tenía las mejores críticas por ahí, (bajo las 4 estrellas por lo general son libros que dejó pasar a menos que escuche o lea un muy buena referencia) pero mi yo h......more