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Sonic Rumble Party's limited-time Halloween 2026 Event runs through November 5, 2026, with free and premium event passes, new Vampire Shadow and Witch Cream skins, and returning Halloween items in the Red Star Ring Shop.
STYLEMIXER and DIDION will release a holiday coffret set on October 28, 2026, pairing a STYLEMIXER-exclusive pouch with a coffret in a choice of two colors for ¥7,700 (tax included). A joint preview exhibition will be held on October 24 at Creative Space CALM Harajuku.
The online wagashi store Tabiwaga is now selling the second and third installments of its reward wagashi collaboration series, with chocolate-covered thunder donuts from 餡焚き屋中井 in Osaka and a revived Sanbai Mochi tiger-skin roll from 菓子司つじや in Akita, each limited to 100 units.
The Okinawa debut of Taishu Yakiniku Boin Boshoku opens on Monday, October 19, 2026, in Kumoji, Naha, with 21 seats, ¥99 drinks, and hours from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM.
A new tea house, Teahouse in a Sea of Light, opens inside the artwork Sea of Solidified Light at teamLab Biovortex Kyoto on Friday, November 20, 2026, where a whisked bowl of tea glows and sounds its own tones.
The cross-heroine RPG Techcronoss has added a new character, キャシー (Halloween), with a pickup gacha, and the second half of its Halloween event has started along with new Tour Quest HARD stations, the new Level Link feature, and limited-time item sets.
Two new SSR-rank Eichiku characters, Isekai no Kanban Musume Mob Gal and Fujimi no Hokkyoku, have joined the smartphone game Teipen Wars, along with a limited-time pickup gacha running from October 15 to November 3, 2026.
From December 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, The Pulse Kirishima in Kagoshima serves about 20 all-you-can-eat crab dishes at its dinner buffet, along with live-kitchen crab ramen and crab fried rice and winter specialties such as yellowtail and mikan.
From December 30, 2026 to January 11, 2027, ZelkovA Cake Boutique at The Strings Omotesando sells the takeout-only "Kotobuki Ichimatsu Fruit Jewel Cake 2027," a checkerboard-style cake of strawberries and melon, for ¥6,500.
The exhibition celebrating 30 years of the Resident Evil series runs from October 30 to December 24, 2026 at BEAM Gallery in Shibuya BEAM, about a 5-minute walk from Shibuya Station. Newly announced details include the full original goods lineup, collaboration crepes and drinks at Dipper Dan Shibuya BEAM, and a first look at life-size 3D figures in the making.
The first online lottery for TV anime Thunder 3 goes on sale on Kujipla from October 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM at 880 yen per draw, with a T-shirt, acrylic stands, photo-style cards, die-cut stickers and can badges up for grabs.
On January 25 and 26, 2027, the Toguri Museum of Art and Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya hold a two-day special event combining a private viewing of Koimari porcelain with a Japanese course meal at the Sukiya restaurant, priced at ¥22,000 per person.