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A Cobra pop-up store, COBRA POP UP STORE - Memory of Buichi Terasawa - in Sendai, runs from November 15 to December 31, 2026 at TSUTAYA Sendai Ekimae Store, with original T-shirts, acrylic goods, stickers, and a purchase bonus.
The Cowboy Bebop experiential art gallery event "AFTER BLUES" will run from November 14 to 29, 2026, at the art hotel BnA_WALL in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, displaying and selling 12 wall art works by six artists, with free admission.
Crane Yokocho Kiwami, a crane game specialty store by AEON Fantasy, is set to open in Sagamihara, Kanagawa in late November 2026. It will be the brand's first store in Kanagawa and its largest, with about 600 machines and about 1,400 types of prizes.
From Friday, November 13 to Sunday, December 13, 2026, Wendy's First Kitchen and First Kitchen will hold a Danganronpa Series collaboration campaign with Lime Chili flavored potato, a limited A4 clear file set at ¥880 (tax included), and exclusive menu items and goods at five flagship stores.
Disney Store will release the DISNEY CHRISTMAS 2026 and DISNEY FROZEN CHRISTMAS 2026 collections from November 6, with early sales from November 3 at select stores and online. Christmas ornaments, special delivery boxes, in-store decorations, and a wrapped bus are also planned.
From November 12 to December 25, 2026, DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba, Tokyo is decorated in an apple theme for Christmas in a large-scale collaboration with Aomori Prefecture, featuring a giant apple Christmas tree about 4 m tall, apple-covered tables and elevators, and a prize-guaranteed "Aomori Apple Gacha" on four days in December.
Expo'70 Commemorative Park holds its Autumn Leaves Festival from November 7 to 29, 2026, with a special opening of tea rooms in the Japanese Garden, matcha and wagashi service, a park taxi tour, an autumn bonsai exhibition, and morning yoga.
Felissimo's Oterabu (おてらぶ) has created limited collaboration goods for the Daitokuji special exhibition at Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park, running from October 14 to December 6, 2026, and sold only at the exhibition's special shop.
Cafe Lish in Jimbocho, Tokyo, will hold a limited-time collaboration cafe based on the monthly shojo manga magazine flowers (月刊flowers) from November 5, 2026 to January 29, 2027, serving 9 limited food, dessert and drink items, each with an exclusive novelty.
Tokiwaso-dori Showa Retro-kan (トキワ荘通り昭和レトロ館) in Toshima, Tokyo will hold the Gekiga & Kawaii Manga Exhibition (Gekiga & Kawaii マンガ展 昭和マンガのマイルストーン) from Friday, November 27, 2026 to Sunday, June 27, 2027 (Period 1), tracing how Showa-era manga evolved through reproduced original art and commentary, with a town-walking rally starting November 7.
To mark 10 years of collaboration with Peanuts, gelato pique is releasing the PEANUTS meets GELATO PIQUE collection of roomwear, goods and bedding on November 6, 2026, featuring 10 characters including Snoopy in striped roomwear.
GODZILLA SHOP in AmiAmi runs at AmiAmi Akihabara Radio Kaikan Store from October 31 to November 15, 2026, with Godzilla merchandise including AmiAmi-exclusive items, photo spots, 3D displays, a postcard giveaway with purchase, and a signing session by Shinji Nishikawa on November 22.