Purikura is a huge part of Japanese culture for anyone between the age of 4 and 40, and a few older ones too.

Exactly as you see above, eyes and all.

There isn't a group of friends or a couple here that hasn't gone to get them done, stuck the stickers on their phone/laptop/mirror/etc at least a dozen times.

Yes, this is Japanese culture at it's most naive, innocent and finest moment.

(just to clarify, in case you didn't know) People here generally don't know what crack junkies look like, they don't even know what weed smells like let alone what someone who is high on it looks like.
This was a huge culture shock for me, coming from west coast north America.

Really? It is uncommon for the youth there to get high on weed? Not even hash?

Mmmh, that just gave me an idea for an undercover business. :cool:

I thought they looked really cute--

Even a pinch of weed (or any other drug for that matter) is hard jail time in Japan, no questions asked. It's soooo illegal it's not even funny.

It's illegal pretty much everywhere and people still do it. I don't think its high level of illegality is what causes it to be unpopular among the Japanese population.

No, I don't think you understand the severity. Just ask anyone else here who lives in Japan an they'll elaborate. I know it's been discussed before but I think in nondescript threads.

you'll make the 6 o'clock news on the other side of the country if you're caught with a gram lol

Another one to kind of keep this going.