Surviving selfies: Japan’s purikura photo booths cling on – Bangkok Post

TOKYO – A pair of Japanese schoolgirls primp their hair before a long mirror, preparing for the perfect shot. But they are not taking a smartphone selfie, they are using a “purikura” photo booth.
Old-style photo booths have staged something of a comeback in parts of the world in recent years, for their nostalgic value in the smartphone era. But the purikura — an abbreviation of the Japanese pronunciation of “print club” — offers much more than a simple strip of passport photos.
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