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




Sophia Books
450 West Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
Canada   V6B1L1
t. 604-684-0484
604-684-4032 (Japanese)
f. 604-684-1683
e. info@sophiabooks.com