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New Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express goods featuring newly drawn illustrations of four male characters in suits will be sold at the Bandai Namco Filmworks booth at Animate Girls Festival 2026 in Ikebukuro on November 7 and 8, with a bromide bonus for purchases of ¥3,000 or more.
A collaboration event between the anime My Hero Academia and the Kuchu Teien Observatory at Umeda Sky Building in Osaka runs from October 30 to November 30, 2026, featuring a special ticket, collaboration drink, original merchandise, character panels, and a stamp rally.
Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi hosts Salon de Parfum 2026 from October 28 to November 3 in a special venue on the 3rd and 4th floors. The fragrance event expands to 47 brands and includes counseling sessions, workshops and guest appearances.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the street experiment event "Nandakanda 14" takes over roads around Kanda Port Building in Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with about 40 participating individuals and groups and free admission.
Naohiko Noguchi, master brewer at Noguchi Naohiko Kenkyujo in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, has been certified as a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property "Ginjo-zukuri," becoming the first sake toji to be named a Living National Treasure after more than 70 years of brewing.
Following a report by the Council for Cultural Affairs on October 16, 2026, the main building of Nara Hotel, which opened in 1909, is set to be designated an Important Cultural Property (Building).
Style brand narifuri is releasing three limited made-to-order collaboration bikes inspired by the TV anime THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, planned for February 2027. The bikes will be on display at a pop-up store at Daikanyama Tsutaya Books in Tokyo from October 17, 2026.
New Era's casual wear line NEW ERA BLACK LABEL releases its 2026 fall/winter collection in stages from Friday, October 16, 2026, exclusively at New Era Stores nationwide and the official online store.
The decorative box set marking 30 years since the completion of Noriko Ogiwara's The Jade Trilogy holds all five volumes of the new paperback edition and is priced at 5,500 yen (tax included). It is now available at bookstores nationwide.
As part of Noble Traders' 50th anniversary celebrations, tableware specialty store Le-noble is holding a factory tour of Okura Art China in Yokohama on November 20, 2026, for its members, with a look at the production process, artisan painting, and a special exhibition room.
From December 1, 2026, to February 28, 2027, OMO5 Kanazawa Katamachi by Hoshino Resorts is holding a winter-limited edition of its "Kanazawa KOGEI Night Salon," with a new sweets spot supported by nine Kanazawa shops, a tea tasting of freshly roasted Kaga bocha, and a space decorated with Ishikawa and Kanazawa traditional crafts.
MegaHouse's WALLSTAR One Piece Completed Figure series, designed to be displayed right in its blister pack, welcomes Monkey D. Luffy (Elbaf Arc) and Nami (Elbaf Arc) as its second installment. Priced at ¥2,970 each (tax included), with release planned for late May 2027, they are now available for pre-order at AmiAmi.