Vancouver 2010 Olympics: Where to find Manga, Anime, Sushi, and the Daiso

On February 12th, 2010 the Winter Olympics is going to explode all over my home town of Vancouver, BC. For the thousands of visitors descending on Vancouver for this event, I thought I'd leave you with some good information for hunting down manga, good Japanese food, and good manga influenced art.

All these locations are close to skytrain stations and easy to get to. Go to www.translink.bc.ca to plan your trip by skytrain or bus.

Manga, Anime, and Dollar stores:

Book Off @ 636 Hornby Street, Vancouver see Map
Sakura Media @ a few locations, see Map
Half Moon Book Store @ 519 Southwest Marine Drive, Vancouver, see Map
Daiso@ 2030-4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond, see Map
Iwase Books @  Yaohan Centre 2F, 3700 No.3 Rd, Richmond, see Map
Sophia Books @ 450 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, see Map

Good Sushi:

Samurai Sushi @ 5888 Cambie Street, Vancouver, see Map
Sushi Garden @ 4635 Kingsway, Burnaby, see Map

Art Galleries:

Ayden Gallery @ 88 West Pender Street in Tinsel Town, see Map
Showcasing the Japanese influenced art of Camilla d’Errico on Feb 13.

Anime Convention:

Anime Evolution from Aug 13-15 2010

In downtown Vancouver, on Robson Street, there are a lot of Japanese oriented stores. The cross street would be Robson and Alberni. And just off Robson Street you can pay a visit to the Japanese Language school that the Emperor and Empress of Japan visited when they were here last year.

If you need more places to go...look here at trip advisor. Also, comment on this post if you have any questions or need direction.