The neighbour’s wall became a family picture book
At Tanaka Bookshop in rural Xuejia, Rumi Yoshida’s painted walls bring a family’s children, grandchildren, flowers and birds into the lane.
Look Three Small · October 19, 2026 · Xuejia, Tainan
A picture book along the neighbour's wall
Rumi Yoshida · 2026
Wall painting by Rumi Yoshida; photograph published by Tanaka Bookshop, documenting its October 17, 2026 gathering. Editorial use.
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Look at the painted family, then browse the books when the shop is open.
Blue water runs along the low wall. Children stand among flowers and birds; beyond it are trees, a temple and the evening sky. Rumi Yoshida has been painting at Tanaka Bookshop and the house opposite, bringing the picture book out into a lane in northern Tainan.
In Lu Ping-shan’s October 16 report for Chung Hwa Daily, neighbour Chuang Yao-ming explains the family details in his wall: five daughters, four spoonbills for grandsons and four bougainvillea leaves for granddaughters. A passer-by gets a painted landscape; the family gets to recognise itself.
The bookshop is at Meifeng No. 7 in Xuejia, well north of Tainan’s city centre. From Xinying railway station, allow about 30 minutes by car or taxi. The walls face the lane, so you can look when the shop is closed. Keep the neighbouring home’s doorway clear.
For books as well as paintings, visit Thursday–Sunday. Thursday starts later, at 11:30.
Get there
Public transport
From Xinying railway station (TRA), allow about 30 minutes by car or taxi for the 24 km trip. Arrange the return ride as well.
Sources
- Tanaka Bookshop: Rumi Yoshida painting visit ↗ — Painting through the morning of October 20 and photographs of the October 17 gathering
- Tanaka Bookshop ↗ — Hours, address and bookshop events
- Rumi Yoshida ↗ — Picture books and paintings
- Lu Ping-shan / Chung Hwa Daily: Yoshida paints in Xuejia ↗ — October 16 reporting on the daughters, grandchildren and plants represented in the family wall