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THREEPPY releases all 35 items in a new Young Oyster design series inspired by Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," including lunch items, bags, and pouches, at stores nationwide starting early July 2026.
From July 17, 2026, Tokyo Midtown hosts more than 20 summer workshops across its cool indoor spaces, including a giant newspaper-and-tape dinosaur art project, a Ritz-Carlton Tokyo hotel-staff experience, and hands-on craft sessions for the whole family.
From July 8 to July 22, 2026, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory holds a pop-up event at JR Tokyo Station Square ZERO, offering an exclusive Cow Cow Sundae Mix Strawberry flavor alongside the brand's popular cheese cookies.
American multimedia art pioneer Tony Oursler is presenting his first major solo exhibition in Japan, Tech/Gnosis-Magic, Media, Art, at TOKYO NODE in Toranomon Hills from July 3 to September 27, 2026. The show gathers 49 works, including two world premieres, alongside a linked catalog, collaboration cafe menu, official goods, and a summer program of related events around Toranomon Hills.
Gakken has released the sticker dress-up picture book "Twin Princesses and 100 Dresses: Dream," the latest addition to a series whose cumulative print run has now topped 140,000 copies, featuring 1,128 peel-and-stick stickers across 11 dress-up scenes.
Hollywood Ranch Market and Ultraman have released three new T-shirts as the third installment of their collaboration, featuring monotone graphics inspired by the original series' opening sequence, flight scenes, and iconic poses, on sale from July 3 online and at select stores nationwide.
Washinmura, a nature retreat in Futtsu, Chiba, is celebrating the launch of its "Sleep & Beauty" girls' trip plan, which lets guests use the in-room self-esthetic machine CELLZERO SMART, with a July to September 2026 campaign that waives the usual ¥15,000 per-room surcharge, limited to one group per day.
Watabe Wedding is launching "Custom Color Dress," a customizable wedding dress line that combines 5 designs with about 50 colors for roughly 250 possible combinations, at its costume stores nationwide from July 3, 2026.
Sega Fave is launching the Sega Lucky Kuji Online TV Anime Wind Breaker -Neo Decora- lottery on July 3, 2026, featuring newly drawn illustrations across seven prize tiers including a visual towel, acrylic stand, and plush mascot, with tickets available through August 24, 2026.
A new lineup of WIND BREAKER-themed withCAT illustration Ver. merchandise — including an acrylic figure collection, flake stickers, a Shaka Shaka acrylic keychain, a clear pouch, and bangs clips — is now available for pre-order at Animate and Movic, with release planned for mid-September 2026.
Streetwear brands XLARGE and X-girl, official sponsors of SUMMER SONIC 2026, have released a key visual starring rapper 3Li¥en to mark the launch of their collaboration T-shirt, going on sale July 4, 2026.
Starting June 29, 2026, the Aqua Museum at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise is displaying Japanese lumpsuckers born at the facility side by side at three different growth stages, letting visitors see firsthand how dramatically the fish's appearance changes as it matures.