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So, after SantaCon, Courtney wanted to go to JapanTown for some eats, and then to hit the Purikura booth.
What's a Purikura Booth, you ask?!?
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Purikura (short for ?print club?) is everywhere in Japan. Any place you can find an arcade (which is most places), you?re likely to be able to find purikura too.
But what exactly is purikura?
Photo booths have been around for close to a century now, but not in the way that purikura exists. When most Americans think of photo booths, we usually tend to think of the kind that you find at malls or fair grounds that give you a simple black-and-white photo strip.
Purikura was introduced to Japanese arcades in the mid-90s and is much different than its predeccesors. It?s fun, interactive, and above all, cute!
Japan loves cute things, and purikura caters to that love. Most of purikura editing tools are aimed towards making the people and the photos look more cute. You can add hearts, sparkles, stars, cute sayings, and anything else you might imagine would up the cute factor of the picture.
Once you?re done, you can print it out, send it to your cell phone (if you have a Japanese cell phone), or send it through any number of other options. And once you you?ve got your purikura masterpiece in your possession, you can show it off for the whole world to see.
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