Purikura Deco Card Event

Recently in Nagoya there was a purikura mini event where you could make a free deco-card.

Purikura Review: Rumor Lots of Lips

This is an update of 2012’s Rumor machine. Let’s see what changes we have!

Purikura Review: I Heart P

The machine name is really written as I❤P. I’m assuming it’s pronounced as ‘heart’ not ‘love’. The P stands for Puri, Pink and Party. It’s appeal points seem to be fun and variety.

Purikura Review: GYZA

A new review of a new machine with a new angle…

Purikura How To Videos Part 1

I made some videos about taking purikura for those who like video more than photos. I’m hoping to make a series of how to and tips videos.

Birthday Purikura

It was my birthday at the end of March so I got free purikura at my local game centre!

Ohno from Arashi Takes Purikura in Drag

Happy New Year!

I went to Tokyo for New Year’s Eve and I had a TV in my hotel room. I was watching a program (Zip?) with Arashi on it on the evening of the first and Ikko gave Ohno Satoshi a challenge. Dress in drag and go to Shibuya!

I took pictures with my iPhone so sorry about the quality…

Purikura Review: Girls’ Photographer

This is the machine that I tried while it was on location test when I went to the FuRyu offices in Tokyo. I had a pretty good first impression so let’s take a closer look…

Visiting FuRyu Purikura Company

I was lucky enough to be invited to visit FuRyu purikura company in Tokyo recently!

Choosing a Purikura Machine by Picture Size

Purikura machines divided into size categories to help you choose your machine. Do you want full-length? Square? Separate shots? Collages?This was a request from a little while ago.

Review: Rumor

So there was a lot of buzz from the companies about this new machine and they have done a lot of outside promotion for it too. There’s the free magazine they launched based on it as well as an iPhone fashion app. The machine’s main feature is it’s unusual angle so let’s see what else it has going for it!

Rumor Purikura Promo Magazine

Rumor is a new machine with a new kind of angle so I was looking forward to trying it. At my local game centre if you use the machine and ask at the counter the staff will give you a promo magazine.

A peek inside a purikura machine

OK, this might be the most random post here yet, but at the weekend as my friend and I were taking purikura the machine needed the sticker paper refilling, so I took a bunch of pictures of the guy changing the paper!

History of Purikura

Ever wondered about the history of purikura? The English wiki has very little information so I had a look at some Japanese sites.

Review: Lady By Tokyo

This review is well overdue as this is a unique machine aimed at older users who are tired of the too-processed look you get from other machines. It also has the distinction of being the first machine to use a foreign model.

English Names

I met my friend who is more fluent in Japanese than I am over the winter break and discovered that on some machines you CAN change your English name for the label stamps!

Review: Milk Beauty

A brand-new and really cute machine. It’s based on the Lady By Tokyo design but aimed at a younger crowd.

Halloween Purikura

It’s Halloween tomorrow!
Japan also kind of celebrates Halloween although I’ve been told that’s just because Tokyo Disneyland has a Halloween event. Still decorations and costumes are everywhere, and what better way to record your costume than purikura? I’ve found some examples of people’s Halloween purikura and tried to work out what machines they used…

Masuwaka Tsubasa's Purikura CMs

I just noticed that FuRyu has a youtube channel and has uploaded a 15 second CM for Tsubasa's BF Manual Second Label release...

There's also a one minute making of video...

That's all that's on the channel for now, but I'll keep my eyes open. FuRyu seem to be the most media-savvy of the purikura/arcade game companies, they are the only ones with related twitter accounts. Could be because they also make games for the social networking site GREE so know the value of sns.

BF Manual Second Label

My first review on this blog was Tsubasa Masuwaka's BF Manual, and now there's a second version out called BF Second Label. I liked the original machine but was disappointed with the printout colours, so what's changed?