This is one of the things I love about Japan! PURIKURA! Or known as neoprints in Singapore (a dying business here..) Purikura is still a popular activity in Japan! Especially during weekends, the store will be full of local Japanese girls! Basically, Purikura is a photo booth where you take pictures in. After taking the photos, you can decorate and design them! Different types of booths give you different designs and effects to decorate your photos with! The Purikura booths also give you flawless & smooth skin, pretty hair and big eyes!
It costs 400 yen for each photo session and you get 2 pieces of photo! So if you are taking purikura in pairs, you each get a piece of the Purikura photo! Also, in Japan, you can rent costumes and take purikura in the costumes! Purikura booths are all around Japan and in games arcades like SEGA, Adores game centre and Taito Station.
Kawaii costume rentals!
We visited SEGA arcade in HEP FIVE for our Purikura! It is located on the 9th level of HEP FIVE. The costume rental is charged there. One set of costume costs 100 yen or you can purchase a passport for unlimited costume rental for a day at 500 yen! The passport also comes with some accessories for you to rent, such as rabbit ears hair band and chocolate bar poster, for you to wear/hold when taking your Purikura! Normal flats can also be rented and it costs 100 yen for a day.
Well... Enough of my talking! See the pictures for yourself!
First Purikura!
Red and White Queen!
Kawaii School Girls!
We are sexy and we know it! >.<
Shrine Maidens!
Welcome to our Maid Cafe!
Occupation Cosplay, police & sailor!
Characters' Cosplay! Can you guess which character?
HARRY POTTER!!
We also took Purikura when we were in Kobe! This store is located near Steakland. When you come out of Steakland, it is located towards the left hand side across the road!
We didn't plan on taking Purikura in Kyoto, but we wanted to take a photo with us in our rented kimono! So we googled around and headed towards ＭＯＶＩＸ京都, Japan, 〒604, 8035 京都府京都市中京区桜之町, 中京区新京極通三条下る桜之町４００. Before we reached there, we found our purikura booths! I think it was along Teramachi Street!
Purikura in Kimono!
Definitely going to take lots and lots of Purikura when I visit Japan again! :D
Wow, seems like you had the purikura for yourself nice! Looks fun :))
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