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White Photo Boxes

These are similar to, but are not as nice looking, nor as durable as Black Photo Boxes. You get to assemble them on your own, and this is partly why they are about a third of the price of a similar sized Black Box.

Pre-Assembly:

Two minutes and a nasty paper cut later:

Using the same combination of physics (gravity) and materials (6 slabs of cardboard) as Black Photo Boxes, White Photo Boxes can also do the following:

1. Hold your photographs.

2. Open (you can put in or take out your pictures after doing this step).

3. Close (you can’t take out your pictures when it is closed).

4. Look nicer than the boxes photo paper comes in. (But not as snazzy as the Black ones)

However, White Photo Boxes also:

5. have a hinged pull-down part for easy print removal:

The Yodobashi-honten Camera building in Shinjuku has these for sale in 8×10, 10×12, 11×14, and 16×20 sizes. I’d wager that they could hold about 100 prints each. The smallest are about 1000 yen and I think the 16×20 is about 2000. The 10×12 box above was 1300 yen.
The acid-free peace of mind of Well Stored Pictures is worth the cost.

Pre-assembled these are very large sheets of cardboard, so upon purchase you’ll get a huge flat bag to take them awkwardly home on the train in.