Purikura

Purikura or Print Club is very popular in Japan. It is popular amongst couples and friends from elementary students to college students. Purikura is a type of photobooth in Japan where one can take pictures, add decorations, and print them as stickers. Japan`s youth is addicted to purikura which is understandable because, like most of the products in Japan, they are adorable and cute! Doing purikura is cheap and convenient too since it is only 400 yen and you can find it almost everywhere like the train stations and malls. Whereas in the United States, it is scarce and it costs 9 dollars. One of the best features of purikura is that you can decorate it in anyway that you like. It is like photoshop, but easier and faster. Some of the purikura booths also have infrared where one can transfer their pictures to their cellphones. I noticed that many of the students here in Japan, mostly female students, have a collection of purikura stickers, so they just buy an album where they put most, if not all, the pictures that they have taken. I also noticed that the students exchange purikura stickers with their friends which is another reason why it is so popular. I realized that in the past 2 months of our stay here, we have had around 10 purikura stickers! It is addicting! Hopefully, by the end of our stay, we will have around 20 purikura stickers (^_^)v

-Kristine Marcelo