I went to a private university in Japan and there were about 5,000 students in the same grade.
So if you buy a university yearbook, you will only have a few pictures of yourself in it.
I didn't feel like paying about 20,000 yen for an album with only a few pictures of myself in it, so I decided to make a handmade yearbook of our seminar with my friends. hahaha
I collected photos of the seminar from everyone, including everyday scenes, drinking parties, etc.
I asked everyone to let me take pictures of them coming to the seminar, leaving the classroom, and other scenes that looked like that. hehe
Our individual photos were taken by a friend who had a SLR camera with the classroom wall and windows as a backdrop. haha
In the meantime, we had gathered a sufficient number of different kinds of photos, and we carefully selected them so that the members of our seminar would be equally in the yearbook.
As a personal hobby, I used to print out photos of my university memories, scribble on them with a water-based marker, and put them in an album.
I decided to put this into practice in our seminar Yearbook as well! hahaha
Well, you never know where life will take you! hahaha
The album used was the MUJI A4 Cotton Linen Photo Album.
The album has 10 sheets (20 pages), which can be increased to a maximum of 20 sheets (40 pages).
A maximum of 6 L-size photos (89m x 127m) (3 front and 3 back) can be attached to each sheet.
So, 10 sheets can hold up to 60 photos, and 20 sheets can hold up to 120 photos in an album.
Of course, you can also cut the photos to any size you like and put more photos in the album.
For our yearbook, we decided to create it with 10 sheets and put 58 different photos, including 18 personal photos.
If it is handmade, it is possible to make it with a budget of much less than 20,000 yen, and since it is made together with everyone, it is a great opportunity for seminar students to get to know each other, which is a big advantage!
By the way, the handmade yearbook cost 2,960 yen, less than 1/6th of the 20,000 yen it sold for at the university!
MUJI albums are sold in limited areas, so they may not be available where you live.
You can also make your own yearbook using an album sold at the grocery store or water-based markers!
When everyone talks and creates something together, everyone naturally gets along well with each other.
If you all have the opportunity, please try to make your yearbook by hand.
It's as good as an album, and it'll make for some great memories!
to be continued...
