To you who is waiting at the final destination
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Book Introduction
“That person I thought I would never see again
“We are waiting for you at the final destination.”
A poignant farewell and reconciliation, a reminder of family love
The only healing novel this winter
Shizuoka Bookstore Awards "Books Wanted to Be Filmed" Category
The first ever two-time winner
Inujun's anticipated work
There is a legend that has been passed down since ancient times at Kakegawa Station, the terminal station of the Tenryu-Hamanako Railway, a small line in Shizuoka.
If you ride the 'memory train' and desperately want to meet someone, that person will be waiting at the final stop.
The story is told in an omnibus format by four main characters who have lost or stopped their lives, guided by the miracle worker, Nito.
A granddaughter suffering from guilt for never being able to visit her grandmother in a nursing home, a fiancé who lost his true feelings in the face of a sudden separation, a daughter trapped in the wounds inflicted by the mother who abandoned her when she was young, and a wife who has inherited her beloved husband's final challenge. Their journey, where memories, regrets, forgiveness, and love intersect, leads to a choice between 'miracle' and 'reality' at the ticket gate of the final destination.
At that moment, the second train of life quietly departs.
The true power of this novel comes from the life of the author, Inujun.
Born in Nara Prefecture, he has lived and worked in Shizuoka Prefecture, and as a chief caregiver, he has witnessed the final moments of countless people.
These experiences added a deep sense of reality and human warmth to his works.
His sentences go beyond simple description to delicately capture the essence of human emotions and relationships.
His perspective, which focuses on the "last word that connects people," is warm yet restrained, helping readers quietly face their own memories and wounds.
Inujun, who received attention for his debut work, "Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep," went on to win the Shizuoka Bookstore Award for the "Books I Want to Make into Movies" category twice, for "To You Who Will Disappear This Winter" and "If This Love Comes True."
In his new work, "To You Who Wait at the Final Destination," he presents the essence of a human story of separation, reconciliation, and familial love, based on sincerity and perfection.
This work has captured the hearts of Japanese readers as a "tear bomb fantasy," but the true message lies beyond the tears.
The key is to heal the deep regrets in your heart and give you the strength to live again.
Just as the protagonist Aki chose to return to her current family instead of reuniting with her mother at the last moment, the author gives readers the courage to move forward toward future happiness rather than past wounds.
The moment you close the last page, a warm resonance will reach your heart, stirring the stalled train of life again.
“We are waiting for you at the final destination.”
A poignant farewell and reconciliation, a reminder of family love
The only healing novel this winter
Shizuoka Bookstore Awards "Books Wanted to Be Filmed" Category
The first ever two-time winner
Inujun's anticipated work
There is a legend that has been passed down since ancient times at Kakegawa Station, the terminal station of the Tenryu-Hamanako Railway, a small line in Shizuoka.
If you ride the 'memory train' and desperately want to meet someone, that person will be waiting at the final stop.
The story is told in an omnibus format by four main characters who have lost or stopped their lives, guided by the miracle worker, Nito.
A granddaughter suffering from guilt for never being able to visit her grandmother in a nursing home, a fiancé who lost his true feelings in the face of a sudden separation, a daughter trapped in the wounds inflicted by the mother who abandoned her when she was young, and a wife who has inherited her beloved husband's final challenge. Their journey, where memories, regrets, forgiveness, and love intersect, leads to a choice between 'miracle' and 'reality' at the ticket gate of the final destination.
At that moment, the second train of life quietly departs.
The true power of this novel comes from the life of the author, Inujun.
Born in Nara Prefecture, he has lived and worked in Shizuoka Prefecture, and as a chief caregiver, he has witnessed the final moments of countless people.
These experiences added a deep sense of reality and human warmth to his works.
His sentences go beyond simple description to delicately capture the essence of human emotions and relationships.
His perspective, which focuses on the "last word that connects people," is warm yet restrained, helping readers quietly face their own memories and wounds.
Inujun, who received attention for his debut work, "Someday, the Day I Fall Asleep," went on to win the Shizuoka Bookstore Award for the "Books I Want to Make into Movies" category twice, for "To You Who Will Disappear This Winter" and "If This Love Comes True."
In his new work, "To You Who Wait at the Final Destination," he presents the essence of a human story of separation, reconciliation, and familial love, based on sincerity and perfection.
This work has captured the hearts of Japanese readers as a "tear bomb fantasy," but the true message lies beyond the tears.
The key is to heal the deep regrets in your heart and give you the strength to live again.
Just as the protagonist Aki chose to return to her current family instead of reuniting with her mother at the last moment, the author gives readers the courage to move forward toward future happiness rather than past wounds.
The moment you close the last page, a warm resonance will reach your heart, stirring the stalled train of life again.
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First story | This station is the final stop, Kakegawa Station.
Second Story | Declaration of Parting
The Third Story | The Legend of the Terminal
Story Four | A Challenge to the Great Detective
Second Story | Declaration of Parting
The Third Story | The Legend of the Terminal
Story Four | A Challenge to the Great Detective
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** “Thank you for boarding the nostalgia train.”
My eyebrows furrowed reflexively at the word I had heard somewhere before.
As the man took off his blue hat, his hair blew lightly in the wind.
A man with kind eyes that matched his slender body smiled faintly.
The words 'Tenryu Hamanako Railway' were embroidered near the chest.
It was only then that I remembered that the Memory Train was the train that appeared in the legend Haruto had spoken of.
“Then, by any chance….”
“My name is Nito and I am in charge of guidance.”
** As you live a long life, good things and bad things happen.
We live each day learning emotions like joy and sadness within it.
However, when the depth of sadness is too deep, some people are unable to escape from the darkness.
Even though we know that if we take even one step forward, a future awaits us, we close our eyes and ears and cower in despair.
I did the same.
Just when the future I had dreamed of began to appear, the world, surprisingly, suddenly turned dark.
Michii Saho.
The day I proposed to her three months ago was the happiest moment of my life.
Three months have passed since that day, only three months.
** It's not because I love you.
Hatred kept me from forgetting my mother's memory.
One day, when I met my mother, I wanted to throw away all the sticky hatred that had clung to me.
If I had heard the legend of the final destination back then, I would have boarded the train without hesitation.
But I'm twenty-one now.
I'm not a child enough to believe in baseless legends, and I know that the day will never come when I can vent my anger on my mother.** "It's a miracle that only comes to those who believe."
"miracle…."
I hated that word.
I thought that even if you believe in miracles, they won't happen, and the more you believe in them, the greater your disappointment will be.
At that time, a man named Nito met my eyes.
“Can I be your friend for a moment?”
"yes?"
“You don’t have to accept everything as fate.
And no one is alone.”
In an instant, my vision became distorted.
And then I realized.
I was… waiting.
I wish someone would tell me that, that my mother was wrong.
** Behind my husband, who was wiping his tears with the back of his hand, I saw a withering sunflower.
The flowers withered quickly, as if in a fast-forward video.
It was still midday, but the sky was slowly turning red.
“Time flies here.
“Isn’t it just like an old fairy tale?”
My husband picked up the envelope he had left on the living room table and handed it to me.
I quickly withdrew my outstretched hand after seeing the words 'Challenge to the Great Detective'.
“No, I don’t feel like playing a mystery game right now.”
** “My husband left behind the last mystery problem.
The riddle was 'Arone'."
Mr. Shimizu's eyes sparkled as if he had been waiting.
He opened his mouth as if he had something to say, then quickly closed it again and looked at me with expectant eyes.
“At first I thought it was the name of a flower, but it wasn’t.
If you write 'Arone' in alphabets, it becomes 'ARUONE', and if you read it backwards, it becomes 'E-NO-URA(?の裏)', meaning 'behind the picture'.
“I looked behind the picture and there was an envelope with the following problem written on it.”
A smile came to my face without me knowing it.
“Did you solve that riddle?”
My eyebrows furrowed reflexively at the word I had heard somewhere before.
As the man took off his blue hat, his hair blew lightly in the wind.
A man with kind eyes that matched his slender body smiled faintly.
The words 'Tenryu Hamanako Railway' were embroidered near the chest.
It was only then that I remembered that the Memory Train was the train that appeared in the legend Haruto had spoken of.
“Then, by any chance….”
“My name is Nito and I am in charge of guidance.”
** As you live a long life, good things and bad things happen.
We live each day learning emotions like joy and sadness within it.
However, when the depth of sadness is too deep, some people are unable to escape from the darkness.
Even though we know that if we take even one step forward, a future awaits us, we close our eyes and ears and cower in despair.
I did the same.
Just when the future I had dreamed of began to appear, the world, surprisingly, suddenly turned dark.
Michii Saho.
The day I proposed to her three months ago was the happiest moment of my life.
Three months have passed since that day, only three months.
** It's not because I love you.
Hatred kept me from forgetting my mother's memory.
One day, when I met my mother, I wanted to throw away all the sticky hatred that had clung to me.
If I had heard the legend of the final destination back then, I would have boarded the train without hesitation.
But I'm twenty-one now.
I'm not a child enough to believe in baseless legends, and I know that the day will never come when I can vent my anger on my mother.** "It's a miracle that only comes to those who believe."
"miracle…."
I hated that word.
I thought that even if you believe in miracles, they won't happen, and the more you believe in them, the greater your disappointment will be.
At that time, a man named Nito met my eyes.
“Can I be your friend for a moment?”
"yes?"
“You don’t have to accept everything as fate.
And no one is alone.”
In an instant, my vision became distorted.
And then I realized.
I was… waiting.
I wish someone would tell me that, that my mother was wrong.
** Behind my husband, who was wiping his tears with the back of his hand, I saw a withering sunflower.
The flowers withered quickly, as if in a fast-forward video.
It was still midday, but the sky was slowly turning red.
“Time flies here.
“Isn’t it just like an old fairy tale?”
My husband picked up the envelope he had left on the living room table and handed it to me.
I quickly withdrew my outstretched hand after seeing the words 'Challenge to the Great Detective'.
“No, I don’t feel like playing a mystery game right now.”
** “My husband left behind the last mystery problem.
The riddle was 'Arone'."
Mr. Shimizu's eyes sparkled as if he had been waiting.
He opened his mouth as if he had something to say, then quickly closed it again and looked at me with expectant eyes.
“At first I thought it was the name of a flower, but it wasn’t.
If you write 'Arone' in alphabets, it becomes 'ARUONE', and if you read it backwards, it becomes 'E-NO-URA(?の裏)', meaning 'behind the picture'.
“I looked behind the picture and there was an envelope with the following problem written on it.”
A smile came to my face without me knowing it.
“Did you solve that riddle?”
--- From the text
Publisher's Review
“Is there a face you can’t forget?
Is there a moment you would like to go back to?
This story begins right in that heart.”
A miracle wasn't far away
Always waiting at the final destination in my heart
"A writer who delicately draws out the longing and regrets we all harbor in our hearts."
“Stories that make you feel love.
I read it in the hospital waiting room and burst into tears.”
- Best Reviews on Amazon Japan
Everyone has regrets and regrets somewhere in their hearts that they put off with the excuse of 'next time'.
Like the last words we couldn't convey to a loved one, or the drawer of misunderstandings that were closed forever, we often carry the burden of the past and live through the difficult present.
"To You Waiting at the Terminal" is a magical story about riding a miraculous train that arrives at that very moment when time has stopped, and facing the deepest longing each of us holds.
This work unfolds in an omnibus format with four stories centered around a mysterious legend handed down at Kakegawa Station, the terminal station of the Tenryu-Hamanako Railway.
The legend goes like this.
“As you leave the ticket booth, thinking of the person you desperately want to meet, that person you thought you would never see again is waiting for you.”
But this reunion is not a simple consolation.
Those who pass through the Gate of Miracles are plunged into the dramatic tension of the harsh laws of fate and the hidden truths of a loved one.
Four Miracle Stories of Healing and Recovery You Can't Read Without Tears
Japan's leading emotional writer Inu Jun's new work, "To You Waiting at the Terminal Station," depicts four stories of impossible reunions set against the backdrop of a "miracle ticket gate" hidden in a small, ordinary train station in Shizuoka.
The protagonist of the first story, Miku (14 years old), lives while ignoring her grandmother who has entered a nursing home due to dementia.
Then one day, when she meets Haruto, a boy who tells her the 'Legend of the Terminal Station', her closed heart begins to waver.
If I really ride the 'memory train', will I be able to meet my healthy grandmother again?
The second story depicts Mamoru's journey as he follows the trail of his lover Saho, who suddenly lost contact and disappeared, without understanding her.
After hearing the legend of the memory train, he suddenly becomes confused when Saho suddenly announces that she has fallen in love with someone else and wants to break up with him.
Who will be waiting for him at the final destination?
At the center of the third story are Aki, the older sister who has collapsed from burnout and depression, and her younger sister, Goyumi, who has been neglecting her and resenting her older sister.
The two sisters, who have grown apart without understanding each other, each board a train, thinking of 'the person they must meet at the final destination.'
What faces will they encounter there?
The final story depicts the heartbreaking love between Tomoki, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and his wife Kazumi.
Even as death approaches, the two share their hearts through a mystery game, and Kazumi heads to the final destination following the last clue left by Tomoki.
The moment of truth she encounters there resonates deeply with readers.
As soon as the reader turns the last page, he or she realizes that these four stories are ultimately connected to one great miracle.
The four intricately woven reunions and heartfelt tears help us all sort out the regrets we harbor and give us the strength to love life more courageously in the future.
"If there is still any regret in your heart,
Let's experience a miracle together at this final destination"
Let go of past regrets and pain
Gives you the courage to live the rest of your life without regrets
If we could meet the person we miss the most just once in our lives, what would we say to them?
For all those who live with feelings they have not yet been able to convey to their loved ones, this book shows the path to encounter and love, wounds and reconciliation, and hope.
"To You Who Waits at the Final Destination" is a healing narrative that goes beyond a simple fantasy of reunion and forces us to confront the wounds we have ignored throughout our lives.
All of these emotional vibrations come from author Inujun's experience as a caregiver, witnessing the final moments of countless lives.
His sentences are sincere, bearing the weight of life, and sometimes painfully penetrating, but ultimately enveloping the reader's heart with warmth.
This work, which has already received praise from Japanese readers as "a work that will definitely make you cry when you read it," has evoked widespread sympathy and emotion, and whispers to us:
“Now, take courage and tell me what you think!”
Reading this book is like a journey to sort out past regrets and gain the courage to love the rest of your life to the fullest.
If you're looking for heartwarming healing, tears, and hope to live again, this work is the answer.
Is there a moment you would like to go back to?
This story begins right in that heart.”
A miracle wasn't far away
Always waiting at the final destination in my heart
"A writer who delicately draws out the longing and regrets we all harbor in our hearts."
“Stories that make you feel love.
I read it in the hospital waiting room and burst into tears.”
- Best Reviews on Amazon Japan
Everyone has regrets and regrets somewhere in their hearts that they put off with the excuse of 'next time'.
Like the last words we couldn't convey to a loved one, or the drawer of misunderstandings that were closed forever, we often carry the burden of the past and live through the difficult present.
"To You Waiting at the Terminal" is a magical story about riding a miraculous train that arrives at that very moment when time has stopped, and facing the deepest longing each of us holds.
This work unfolds in an omnibus format with four stories centered around a mysterious legend handed down at Kakegawa Station, the terminal station of the Tenryu-Hamanako Railway.
The legend goes like this.
“As you leave the ticket booth, thinking of the person you desperately want to meet, that person you thought you would never see again is waiting for you.”
But this reunion is not a simple consolation.
Those who pass through the Gate of Miracles are plunged into the dramatic tension of the harsh laws of fate and the hidden truths of a loved one.
Four Miracle Stories of Healing and Recovery You Can't Read Without Tears
Japan's leading emotional writer Inu Jun's new work, "To You Waiting at the Terminal Station," depicts four stories of impossible reunions set against the backdrop of a "miracle ticket gate" hidden in a small, ordinary train station in Shizuoka.
The protagonist of the first story, Miku (14 years old), lives while ignoring her grandmother who has entered a nursing home due to dementia.
Then one day, when she meets Haruto, a boy who tells her the 'Legend of the Terminal Station', her closed heart begins to waver.
If I really ride the 'memory train', will I be able to meet my healthy grandmother again?
The second story depicts Mamoru's journey as he follows the trail of his lover Saho, who suddenly lost contact and disappeared, without understanding her.
After hearing the legend of the memory train, he suddenly becomes confused when Saho suddenly announces that she has fallen in love with someone else and wants to break up with him.
Who will be waiting for him at the final destination?
At the center of the third story are Aki, the older sister who has collapsed from burnout and depression, and her younger sister, Goyumi, who has been neglecting her and resenting her older sister.
The two sisters, who have grown apart without understanding each other, each board a train, thinking of 'the person they must meet at the final destination.'
What faces will they encounter there?
The final story depicts the heartbreaking love between Tomoki, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and his wife Kazumi.
Even as death approaches, the two share their hearts through a mystery game, and Kazumi heads to the final destination following the last clue left by Tomoki.
The moment of truth she encounters there resonates deeply with readers.
As soon as the reader turns the last page, he or she realizes that these four stories are ultimately connected to one great miracle.
The four intricately woven reunions and heartfelt tears help us all sort out the regrets we harbor and give us the strength to love life more courageously in the future.
"If there is still any regret in your heart,
Let's experience a miracle together at this final destination"
Let go of past regrets and pain
Gives you the courage to live the rest of your life without regrets
If we could meet the person we miss the most just once in our lives, what would we say to them?
For all those who live with feelings they have not yet been able to convey to their loved ones, this book shows the path to encounter and love, wounds and reconciliation, and hope.
"To You Who Waits at the Final Destination" is a healing narrative that goes beyond a simple fantasy of reunion and forces us to confront the wounds we have ignored throughout our lives.
All of these emotional vibrations come from author Inujun's experience as a caregiver, witnessing the final moments of countless lives.
His sentences are sincere, bearing the weight of life, and sometimes painfully penetrating, but ultimately enveloping the reader's heart with warmth.
This work, which has already received praise from Japanese readers as "a work that will definitely make you cry when you read it," has evoked widespread sympathy and emotion, and whispers to us:
“Now, take courage and tell me what you think!”
Reading this book is like a journey to sort out past regrets and gain the courage to love the rest of your life to the fullest.
If you're looking for heartwarming healing, tears, and hope to live again, this work is the answer.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 20, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 272 pages | 128*188*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791194655190
- ISBN10: 119465519X
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