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Mysterious. Enigmatic. Mona Lisa might called a lot of things, but cute isn't one of them. Until now. More »
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In 1995, video game Atlus maker changed game centers forever when its first sticker picture (called "purikura" in Japanese) machine Print Club exploded onto the arcade scene. More »
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Girls only. Japan's Asahi Shimbun has an article about how Japanese arcades are banning men from sticker picture machines. Why'd they do that? More »
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Anyone who has been to a Japanese arcade has seen sticker booths. Popular with young girls, sticker pictures these days can be downloaded straight to cell phones. That, and put on chocolate wrappers. Yum. More »
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Cute, glossy and girly. Yep, sticker pictures! Back in the mid-1990s, game developer Atlus (along with Sega) introduced the world to Print Club. The arcade machine let gals take snaps with buddies and printed them out on glossy sticker paper. Huge trend throughout the rest of the decade! That pic up there? That's not Japan, that's London. Arcade industry report The Stinger Report reports (look all at those reports) that London's popular Covent Garden shopping area is getting a print club smorgasbord called "Flora Print Club." The space is dedicated to importing sticker picture machines from Japan for Londoners to pose and picture take. All that's missing are schoolgirls squealing kawaii~! More »
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*Sigh* Yes, that's a sticker picture of me and Koakuma Ageha fashion model Rina Sakurai. Interviewed her in late April for work! Nice girl, very smart. Her blog is here. More »
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This was found in a Sega Station sticker picture booth in Shibuya, where the kiddies shop 24-7, party till dawn and have questionable vices like "smooking." Brian Ashcraft More »
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