A useful question I had that could maybe help others in the future: do they have the booth to take photos for your residence card on site? Or is there somewhere nearby?
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Yes, they have one at the ground floor. If memory serves me well, it was 500yen. They also have glue stations and scissors to cut the pics in size and put them on the application.
If you actually want a good photo, take it yourself against a white wall at home and print it out at the 7/11, their multi copier prints ID photos
There’s one inside, one across the street by the conbini, at least one nearby, and I think one at the station (I could be wrong on this final one). Larger JR and metro stations always have them. I’d get a pic done on the way there at any photo booth you see to avoid a potential line at Immigration. Photo booths are one of those things that you don’t realize you pass all the time until you’re aware of them and then you see them everywhere. Unless you need one right NOW, then suddenly you can’t find one anywhere. 😉
By the way, little fun fact I noticed by accident. If you bring an ID photo with white background, the system interprets white as transparent. Hence, on your new visa you will only have your face with the card as background instead of a squared picture.
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The have some near the inside conbini, and a sign pointing towards the back of ground floor for more. There is also some glue and scissors in the back there. As ran down the building is, it was a さすが moment.
Pic chan is great. Can even specify if you need it for another country, and it’s already pre-programmed with the right sizes.
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You may also want to try asking in /r/Tokyo.
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Yes, they have one at the ground floor. If memory serves me well, it was 500yen. They also have glue stations and scissors to cut the pics in size and put them on the application.
If you actually want a good photo, take it yourself against a white wall at home and print it out at the 7/11, their multi copier prints ID photos
There’s one inside, one across the street by the conbini, at least one nearby, and I think one at the station (I could be wrong on this final one). Larger JR and metro stations always have them. I’d get a pic done on the way there at any photo booth you see to avoid a potential line at Immigration. Photo booths are one of those things that you don’t realize you pass all the time until you’re aware of them and then you see them everywhere. Unless you need one right NOW, then suddenly you can’t find one anywhere. 😉
By the way, little fun fact I noticed by accident. If you bring an ID photo with white background, the system interprets white as transparent. Hence, on your new visa you will only have your face with the card as background instead of a squared picture.
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The have some near the inside conbini, and a sign pointing towards the back of ground floor for more.
There is also some glue and scissors in the back there.
As ran down the building is, it was a さすが moment.
Pic chan is great. Can even specify if you need it for another country, and it’s already pre-programmed with the right sizes.