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MARION CREPES teams up with Identity V starting October 9, 2026, offering newly illustrated acrylic stands, mini towels, and other Halloween-themed goods, along with character-inspired collaboration crepes.
Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort fires up its snowmaking machines on Saturday, October 3, 2026, working toward what is once again expected to be the earliest ski resort opening in Nagano Prefecture on Saturday, October 31.
A new permanent store for Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara" series and "COMIC FUZ" titles, the Kirara & FUZ Official Store, opens on the 2nd floor of Shinjuku Marui Annex on October 1, offering new merchandise and a lineup of rotating POP UP events.
A TV Osaka special follows Sakai-machi's danjiri crew as they carry on more than 300 years of tradition at the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival, airing September 26, 2026.
About 70 original "The Legend of Zelda" items go on sale at Animate stores and online on October 2, 2026, alongside a fair offering a bonus bookmark set with qualifying purchases.
Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama is holding its first nighttime event, LIGHT PARKS in Adventure World spotlighted by FeStA LuCe, from October 24, 2026 through March 31, 2027, blending giant light-art animal sculptures with the park's real animals after dark.
GENDA GiGO Entertainment is bringing illustrator mikko's Lil ala mode characters to GiGO Group stores nationwide and to the online crane game GiGO ONLINE CRANE from October 3 to November 3, 2026, with store-limited prizes, a must-buy crane game campaign, a novelty drink, and an X and Instagram giveaway.
To mark the 55th anniversary of the TV anime LUPIN THE 3RD, a new collaboration collection with ZOZOTOWN goes on sale October 23, featuring 12 items with newly drawn illustrations, famous scenes, and artwork by JUN INAGAWA. A Laforet Harajuku pop-up runs from October 6.
Sammy's smartphone poker app m HOLD'EM revives its collaboration with virtual esports group VSPO!, bringing back Ichinose Uruha, Asumi Sena, Hanabusa Lisa, and Aizawa Ema with revival avatars, voiced stamps, and collaboration playing cards and a trophy from September 28 to October 18, 2026.
VIPO's official shop on Pinkoi has released a new "Miffy Holiday Collection Plush Keychain" line, featuring Miffy and friends dressed for the holidays as single blind boxes or six-piece sets with no duplicate designs.
Photographer Mika Ninagawa has captured Fantasy Springs, the new theme port at Tokyo DisneySea, in a new photo book "Imagining the Magic: Color of Fantasy," part of the Tokyo Disney Resort Photography Project, on sale September 30 for 4,950 yen (tax included) from Kodansha.
From October 3, Moxy Tokyo Kinshicho's 1F Bar & Lounge turns into a lantern-lit izakaya with classic snacks, drinks, and a dice game that can upsize your order for free.