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田中書店 Tanaka Books|A Japanese bookshop and café in Xuejia

Front of an old Japanese-style wooden house, with lattice doors and green plants out frontPhoto: note thanun

In the middle of the fields,
find a book.

A Japanese bookshop and café in Xuejia.

01 — Here

Here

Wind across the rice
inside the old wooden house
a book falls open
A pour-over kettle and dripper on a wooden table, hot water slowly poured inPhoto: Eiliv Aceron
CaféSteam from the coffeedrifting past the open pagethe afternoon slowsStep into the café
Green rice paddies stretching to mountains and white cloudsPhoto: Alison Tu
Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will reveal itself.
Dong Yu, Records of the Three Kingdoms

06 — Visit

Getting here

[Address]Xuejia District, Tainan
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HoursSample hours, not confirmed

Monday–Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday–Sunday
11:00–18:00
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  • By scooter[Where to park scooters]