Asakusa Diary - The Staff Blog

Do you like taking photos with your friends?
Japanese young girls love to take photos by the instant photo sticker machine.
This machine is called "Purikura".
They often go to take Purikura with their friends after school and with their boyfriends on the date.

They study how they can reflect in a photo with their cutest face.
They have a lot of knowledge about posing, make-up etc.
In order to realize their effort, the machine itself is filled with the high technology.

Japanese girls wish to have big eyes.
The bigger their eyes are, the cuter they are. That's what they think.
Therefore, the newest Purikura machine has the function to make their eyes bigger.
They have three option "Natural Eye" "Big Eye" "Much Bigger Eye".

In addition, Japanese girls wish to have fair skin color.
Some of girls love to get sun tan, but most of them try not to get sun tan.
Fair skin color is the symbol of beauty among Japanese people.
Therefore, Purikura machine has the function to make their face brighter.
They have several option of brightness.

Sometimes, they in the Purikura photo are totally different from real one.
They enjoy Purikura by approaching their ideal.

When you visit Japan, please enjoy Purikura magic!!