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Kodansha's Young Magazine has turned a beach house at Katase Nishihama and Kugenuma Beach in Fujisawa into an all-you-can-read manga lounge, offering 13 titles — from current hits to classics like Initial D — alongside food and drinks from July 1 through September 13.
CROSS Suites Tokyo Asakusa, the debut property of ORIX HOTELS & RESORTS' new lifestyle apartment hotel brand CROSS Suites, opened on July 3, 2026, offering spacious rooms suited to group travel and long-term stays near Asakusa.
An online lottery celebrating Lena's July 12 birthday has launched on Kujibikido, featuring prizes from the TV anime 86--EIGHTY-SIX. The lottery runs from July 9 to August 6, 2026, with prizes including acrylic stand figures, a B2 tapestry, and can badges.
From July 1, ingredient-focused online store A RESTAURANT FOODS is gifting an original Kutami shibu-uchiwa fan, handcrafted with Kumamoto's century-old Kurikawa Shoten, to customers who spend ¥50,000 or more, blending traditional craftsmanship with playful food motifs.
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya is holding a Hokkaido Fair from July 1 to August 31, 2026 (through lunch on September 16 at Garden Court), with five restaurants and the lobby lounge each serving original Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes crafted from Hokkaido's seafood, beef, and seasonal ingredients.
ANA Holiday Inn Resort Karuizawa in Kita-Karuizawa, Gunma, celebrates its first anniversary on September 12, 2026 with taiko performances, a 105-shot fireworks finale, and prize drawings, plus a September-long anniversary stay campaign and a new golf plan at Nature Hills Karuizawa Country Club.
A collaboration cafe themed "Frosty Coolness" based on the TV anime The Apothecary Diaries opens at Share CAFE locations in Harajuku, Shinsaibashi, and Hakata from July 24, 2026, featuring newly drawn illustrations and original merchandise for the summer season.
The latest Ascendance of a Bookworm TO Junior Bunko volume and an original Lesser pin badge went on sale on July 1, 2026, with new comic volumes and character merchandise from publisher TO Books following on July 15.
From August 2026 through March 2027, Ascott Marunouchi Tokyo and Otonami are holding a monthly flower art object workshop with art and ikebana artist Norihiko Kamei in a two-bedroom suite overlooking the Imperial Palace that is available only to hotel guests; reservations for the first three sessions open July 2.
A new theatrical chapter of Assassination Classroom, built around previously unadapted manga episodes to mark the series' 10th anniversary, arrives exclusively on Prime Video on Friday, August 7, 2026.
At Nagoya's Denki Bunka Kaikan, the Aurora and Forest Story Exhibition (July 11 to August 30, 2026) will feature a Nordic Marketplace selling curated goods and foods from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and other Nordic countries, with items from Moomin, Finlayson, Lovi, and more.
Ahead of its July 10–12, 2026 run at Grand Green Osaka's Umekita Park, the international festival Bakushoku Onsai GG has revealed new additions including a Hello Kitty appearance, a PASONA NATUREVERSE after-Expo booth, a lucky draw featuring the German character Circular, and a heatstroke-prevention campaign from GREEN DA・KA・RA.