Purikura

Purikura is one of the most known Japanese phenomenon’s except for

 karoke and arcades.

Purikura is an english import word,

 an abbreviation of “purinto kurabu” which means “print club” in English..

In Japan you’ll have your purikura

 taken at least once during your life if

 you are Japanese, and most likely about 100 times..

Purikura’s are a special form of photo where you, hopefully in company of other merry people, walk into a big photo box to get your photo taken. Once in the photo box you choose backgrounds and how many pictures. POSE and get some nice pictures, and do a wide variety of after-touches to them afterwards to make them look really cool.

Purikura’s are highly addictive and one can end up taking a lot of them without having a reason for it. You can get the pictures in print-form and on your cell as a wallpaper. The print-form is really neat as it is actually a sticker!! 

Now while I’ve been in Japan I have had the the chance of taking many purikura’s. I also really recommend doing it if you decide to go here, as it is a really nice memory of the trip. They are also great fun to watch!!

I can share some purikura’s here, two seconds..