Sophia Books is a multilingual media shop. Unique in Canada, we are specialized in languages: spoken & visual. We have so many specialties – here are a few: Books & magazines in Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German. We offer full service for these languages (special & mail orders plus a unique & advantageous Japanese magazines subscription service). Books & audio documents to learn Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and 20 other languages, plus English as a Second Language (ESL). From beginners to advanced levels. Books on design, photography, fashion, Asian arts culture & travel, tattoo, architecture, martial arts, manga, anime, bandes dessinées, film industry, world gastronomy, world music, etc. A selection of foreign literature titles translated into English; a selection of French movies for all ages in NTSC VHS; the best selection of Origami paper & other cool stationary from Japan. A selection of CDs picked from different grooves & countries. Our staff can serve you in English, Japanese, French and Spanish. All that in a small, packed bookstore located in downtown Vancouver. Business Hours: Monday – Friday: 19 am – 7 pm Saturday: 10 am – 7 pm Sunday: 12 pm – 6 pm