mixi launches "Children's Handwritten Calendar" from "Family Album Mitene" that can be created with numbers written by children.

A new service is now available from the family album "Mimete", which received an award of excellence at BTAJ 2019. If your child writes the numbers 0 to 9, you can create an original photo calendar composed of the child's handwriting and containing the child's photo. 2022 calendars are about to be prepared, and it would be a good Christmas gift for your relatives!

Let's take a look at the details from the press release.

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Create the world's one and only original photo calendar with your child's photo and handwritten text.

(Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Hiroki Kimura) will collaborate with OKURU, a photo gift service provided by Sfidante, Inc. (Sfidante, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Keisuke Yasumoto), will start selling "Children's Handwritten Calendars," which can be created using numbers written by your children, from November 26, 2021 (Friday).
In addition, from today through Monday, December 27, a release commemorative campaign will be held offering a 15% discount on "Kodomo no Tegaki Calendar".

In 2019, "Mimene" launched the "Mimene Calendar," which allows users to easily create their own original photo calendars using their children's photos. The calendars are very popular as gifts for home use or for parents to enjoy displaying their children or grandchildren's growing images.
The "Mimene Calendar" product lineup now includes a "Children's Handwritten Calendar" that can be created with numbers written by children. In addition to your favorite photos, children can also write their own handwritten numbers for the dates on the calendar, making it an even more enjoyable photo calendar for each member of the family.

Products 

Children's Handwriting Calendar" is an original photo calendar created with numbers written by children and their favorite photos. By simply reading the numbers 0-9 written on a piece of paper with the application, the calendar is automatically created, making it easy even for busy moms and dads. 
We also offer multiple product lineups to suit the place where they will be displayed. You can choose the one that best suits your needs and preferences, whether you are decorating your home or giving it as a gift to a family member who lives far away. 

• Children's Handwritten Calendar (box type) ¥2,750 (tax included)
• Children's Handwritten Calendar (wall-hanging type, large) ¥4,290 (tax included)
• Children's Handwritten Calendar (wall-hanging type, small) ¥2,970 (tax included)
• Children's Handwritten Calendar (Desk-top type) ¥2,090 (tax included)

feature

【1】Easy creation by simply writing the numbers 0 to 9!
Simply write the numbers 0-9 on a piece of paper and have the app read it to automatically create all the numbers used in the calendar. Then, simply select your favorite photos to complete your original photo calendar. 

2] Letters can be left separately for each brother or sister, the age at which they were written, and so on!
The handwritten numbers are saved in connection with the child's information, so they can be saved separately for each brother/sister or each age group that wrote them. You can enjoy seeing how your child has grown since last year, or compare his or her handwriting with that of his or her older brothers or sisters.

3】The app can also adjust the balance of handwritten text!
Children's handwriting tends to be unevenly sized and has a distinctive flavor, but if it is used as is in a calendar, it may be difficult to read. The "Children's Handwritten Calendar" is designed to read the text and adjust it to make it easier to read.

Development Background

The "Children's Handwriting Calendar" was born from the desire of the Mimene team members to "preserve the numbers and letters written by children" and to "create a product that allows children to enjoy their growth through 'handwritten text,' not just photos.
Many mothers and fathers vividly remember the moment their children drew their first lines or pictures, and many cherish their first writings. Children's writing can be strong or soft, changing from time to time, and growing at a remarkable pace. We hope to create works of art that will be as close as possible to the feelings of families who feel affection for the letters they can only write now and want to preserve them as proof of their children's growth.
In addition, through the "Children's Handwriting Calendar," we have designed it so that handwritten numbers can be recorded indefinitely, so that you can look back on your child's growth in the future and enjoy comparing his or her handwriting with that of his or her brothers and sisters.
We hope that every time you look at the "Children's Handwritten Calendar," a moment in your daily life will bring a smile to your face, and we hope that we can increase such moments.

Sales period

Friday, November 26, 2021 - Thursday, March 31, 2022
*Orders placed by Monday, December 27 will receive a 15% discount on the "Children's Handwriting Calendar" to celebrate its release. Please check the OKURU application for details.

Steps to Order

For details on the "Children's Handwriting Calendar," please check the OKURU application or the official website. 

The official website of OKURU:https://okuru-photo.jp/

What is the OKURU photo gift service?

OKURU" is a service that allows you to send photos taken with your smartphone as photo gifts to your loved ones. OKURU" is a service that allows users to send photos taken with their smartphones as one-of-a-kind gifts filled with "memories," "smiles," and "feelings of gratitude.

What is "Family Album: See?

Mimete" is a photo and video sharing application that allows moms and dads to share their precious photos and videos of their children in real time only with invited family members, including grandparents and relatives. Photos and videos can be uploaded free of charge and without limitation, and the service has been provided since April 2015 to enable families to easily share photos and videos of daily life and events with their children and enjoy communicating with each other. The number of photos and videos uploaded to "Mimene" per month reached 180 million as of August 2021, and the active rate (the percentage of users who use "Mimene" at least once a week) of married couples is over 70%, making it an essential service for many families. The "Mi-Mi-Ne" service has been growing as an indispensable service for many families. In order to make child-rearing more enjoyable and to eliminate "orphaned children," "Mimine" will continue to provide a place where families can enjoy communicating with each other.
*Total number of registered users for iOS and Android™ apps and browser version

Application Overview

■ mixi Group

Based on the corporate philosophy of "User Surprise First," the mixi Group is committed to providing value that exceeds the imagination and expectations of its users. Since its establishment in 1997, the mixi Group has provided communication services such as the social networking service "mixi" and the smartphone application "Monster Strike" that are enjoyed with friends and family. In order to fulfill our mission "for communication" (what we should do), we will continue to promote businesses and services that stimulate communication from the aspect of IT, envisioning a future in which people's lives will be enriched, We will continue to work on the creation of better communication.

■Vantage Studio

In April 2016, we established Vantage Studio within mixi, Inc. with the mission of "creating new communication services with surprise and joy that people around the world are crazy about and use. Vantage Studio will continue to create communication services that will become the "mental infrastructure" for people around the world, such as the social networking service "mixi", the family album "Mimine", and the direct reservation application for salon staff "minimo".

"mixi", "mixi", the mixi logo, "Family Album Mitene", "OKURU " are registered trademarks or trademarks of mixi, Inc. Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google LLC.