Photo-Me ID photo booth locations
Photo-Me is an ID photo booth brand run by ME Group Japan. Its official location list shows 13,085 locations across 47 prefectures (checked 2026-09-25). The unit is a location, not a machine count.
Prices vary by machine and location, and the price on the machine’s screen is final. What each operator publishes on its own website is collected on ID photo booth prices in Japan.
What the operator says
- Operated by ME Group Japan; its company profile gives the founding date as June 1963, and the company was renamed from Nihon Auto-Photo in 2022 (ME Group Japan company profile).
- The official page lists three modes: Standard, Hadabijin Super and Hadabijin Premium (with a choice of 9 background colours) (Photo-Me for individuals).
- “i-keep” digital copies are available on supporting machines only, need no app, and are kept for six months (Photo-Me for individuals).
These points only restate the operator’s own website (checked 2026-09-25). We do not compare or recommend brands.
Brands and features
| Brand | Locations | My Number card application | Digital copy | Skin smoothing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo-Me | 13,085 | 7,166 | 7,889 | 12,968 |
Feature counts follow each operator’s own labels. “My Number” means you can apply for a My Number card directly at the machine; “Digital copy” means you can receive the photo data (ME Group’s cloud service, DNP’s “With Smartphone” service, or the ID VOX app); “Skin smoothing” reflects ME’s beauty mode and DNP’s skin-correction label (the built-in beauty mode on Ki-Re-i machines may not carry this label). Definitions differ by operator, so the numbers are not comparable across operators.
Three more columns follow the operators’ own labels: “QR payment” appears only on the DNP (Ki-Re-i, ID-Spot) and ID VOX lists, “Transit IC cards” only on the Ki-Re-i list, and “Background colour choice” only on the ID VOX list. The Photo-Me list has no payment field, and DNP labels its background-changing feature separately as Excellent Mode, so a missing field does not mean a machine lacks the feature. Which documents accept a coloured background is covered in background colours for ID photos.
Locations by prefecture
Ordered by prefecture code (the customary JIS order), never ranked by count.
| Prefecture | Locations | My Number card application | Digital copy | Skin smoothing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido | 571 | 323 | 363 | 569 |
| Aomori | 165 | 65 | 67 | 164 |
| Iwate | 138 | 71 | 75 | 134 |
| Miyagi | 316 | 160 | 161 | 316 |
| Akita | 104 | 49 | 58 | 103 |
| Yamagata | 150 | 81 | 84 | 150 |
| Fukushima | 242 | 88 | 92 | 242 |
| Ibaraki | 373 | 134 | 151 | 368 |
| Tochigi | 266 | 87 | 125 | 265 |
| Gunma | 178 | 79 | 98 | 174 |
| Saitama | 834 | 377 | 465 | 831 |
| Chiba | 766 | 365 | 432 | 756 |
| Tokyo | 1,345 | 800 | 937 | 1,331 |
| Kanagawa | 826 | 503 | 559 | 812 |
| Niigata | 195 | 73 | 87 | 195 |
| Toyama | 67 | 44 | 42 | 67 |
| Ishikawa | 66 | 37 | 36 | 64 |
| Fukui | 79 | 42 | 46 | 79 |
| Yamanashi | 98 | 40 | 45 | 98 |
| Nagano | 219 | 100 | 108 | 218 |
| Gifu | 144 | 87 | 89 | 144 |
| Shizuoka | 430 | 203 | 217 | 429 |
| Aichi | 529 | 299 | 327 | 520 |
| Mie | 190 | 94 | 98 | 187 |
| Shiga | 150 | 86 | 90 | 150 |
| Kyoto | 213 | 133 | 141 | 210 |
| Osaka | 784 | 533 | 549 | 774 |
| Hyogo | 469 | 284 | 309 | 461 |
| Nara | 166 | 89 | 96 | 165 |
| Wakayama | 97 | 57 | 60 | 97 |
| Tottori | 67 | 31 | 33 | 65 |
| Shimane | 85 | 56 | 57 | 84 |
| Okayama | 269 | 163 | 172 | 269 |
| Hiroshima | 355 | 264 | 272 | 352 |
| Yamaguchi | 215 | 114 | 126 | 212 |
| Tokushima | 75 | 44 | 45 | 75 |
| Kagawa | 160 | 108 | 111 | 160 |
| Ehime | 157 | 94 | 97 | 157 |
| Kochi | 99 | 61 | 64 | 99 |
| Fukuoka | 497 | 309 | 329 | 488 |
| Saga | 90 | 51 | 57 | 90 |
| Nagasaki | 120 | 85 | 96 | 120 |
| Kumamoto | 169 | 101 | 104 | 169 |
| Oita | 146 | 81 | 85 | 145 |
| Miyazaki | 119 | 57 | 61 | 119 |
| Kagoshima | 112 | 82 | 84 | 112 |
| Okinawa | 180 | 82 | 89 | 179 |
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Sources and limitations
- Sources: the official location search pages and lists of ME Group Japan, DNP Photo Imaging Japan and Fuso Precision (checked 2026-09-25).
- ME Group Japan 設置場所検索
- An official list only shows that an operator says a booth is there — not that it is still working today. Check with the host store or station before you make a special trip.
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