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Also by Michiko Aoyama:

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library Illustrated Edition, September 2026
Hardcover
Matcha on Monday, July 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Hot Chocolate on Thursday, February 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park, October 2025
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What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, September 2023
Hardcover / e-Book

MATCHA ON MONDAY
By: Michiko Aoyama

Narrators: Ami Okumura Jones, Daniel Bunton, Winson Ting, Sadao Ueda

Hanover Square Press
July 2026
On Sale: July 7, 2026
208 pages
ISBN: 1335001921
EAN: 9781335001924
Kindle: B0FWYBYXJW
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
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Across a bridge in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, a charming little matcha café – open only on Mondays – offers a beacon of light and healing to all who pass through its doors.

All throughout the week, customers flock to the Marble Café that’s tucked away behind the trees – except when it’s closed on Mondays, when the Matcha Café opens in its place, offering its clientele a warm cup of matcha and restoration to start the busy week ahead.

On this one day of the week, people from all walks of life frequent this cozy haven and experience the joys of human connection. Among them include:

• A singer who has just broken up with his lover
• An unsociable young owner of a tea wholesaler
• A husband who has made his wife angry
• A designer and owner of a lingerie shop
• A Kamishibai artist who doesn't get along with his grandmother

This heartwarming story spans Tokyo and Kyoto over twelve months, bringing together a community of untold unfolding lives – all starting with a cup of matcha.