Over the past year, South Korea has seen a growing trend among younger generations for visiting photobooths.
While walking through the streets of Seoul, visitors can find photobooths sprinkled throughout the city. With at least one photobooth stop located on every corner of the city’s popular towns, the stores welcome a consistent number of customers – usually young adults or students.
Whether you’re visiting alone or as a group, these booths allow customers to take photos wearing a variety of accessories, pose as their favorite animation character, dress up in a costume or simply model as they are.
The final results are cute analog photo strips you can use to commemorate your time in the city with friends.
Out of the many photo booths available, the most popular is the photo machine franchise, Life4Cuts.
For the cost of 4,000 won (approximately $3) for each photo strip, these popular locations seem to be the perfect hanging-out stop for students and young adults.
Kim Seo-yeon, a 20-year-old university student, told NextShark that visiting a Life4Cuts studio has become her favorite pastime when she is out with friends.
Sharing a collection of over 100 photo strips, Kim revealed that she and her friends often stop by the booths after a study session or dinner.
“I really like seeing my friends and I come together for a photo! We never know what will happen to us in the future, so we want to capture us as we are in the moment,” she shared.
The booths are also an opportunity for the young students to let off steam and try out various photo themes.
“Each booth has different accessories available, so we get to have fun,…
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