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V.A., the concept store run by JUN Co., Ltd., releases a collection item with the brand Unlikely on September 18, 2026, an Aged Sweat Crew built on a 1970s-80s-style raglan-sleeve crewneck and finished with a cracked-print Mickey Mouse graphic.
Unstoppable — the CG-animated film whose character designs come from Grangel Studio, known for Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon — will hold its Asia premiere at the 33rd Kineko International Film Festival, taking place across venues in Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo, from October 30 to November 3, 2026.
Champagne house Veuve Clicquot is hosting "Veuve Clicquot Yelloween," a stylish, playful Halloween event for adults built around its flagship "Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut," with Tokyu Kabukicho Tower dressed in Clicquot yellow and participating bars, restaurants and hotels across Shinjuku, Yokohama, Roppongi, Shibuya and Osaka from mid-September through November 1, 2026.
Nichijo Seisakusho has launched a CAMPFIRE crowdfunding campaign to open YOHAKU SALON, a reservation-only satoyama afternoon tea salon in a renovated old farmhouse in Yamazoe Village, Nara Prefecture, built around local wakocha and seasonal ingredients.
From September 23, 2026, the 38th-floor bamford WELLNESS SPA at 1 Hotel Tokyo in Akasaka is introducing three original treatments created with Kyoto organic skincare brand KOTOSHINA, blending its products with techniques inspired by traditional Japanese wellness and facial methods.
Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store hosts the Tokushima edition of its Harukas Nippon Expo from September 23 to 29, 2026, featuring a hands-on Awa Odori dance event, a gourmet fair where 8 of 13 participating brands make their first Kintetsu appearance, full-size ceramic-board reproductions of works by Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, and Van Gogh from the Otsuka Museum of Art, and Tokushima's traditional indigo-dye crafts.
The YOKOHAMA URBAN SPORTS FESTIVAL '26 Executive Committee is holding the free-admission ALL AMERICAN FOOD FESTIVAL '26 at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Event Plaza on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, 2026, bringing together more than 20 vendors serving American-style burgers, meat sandwiches, waffle chicken sandwiches, and more, alongside the co-located YOKOHAMA URBAN SPORTS FESTIVAL '26.
Aman Kyoto is serving autumn lunch and dinner courses at The Living Pavilion by Aman from September 16 through November 17, 2026, alongside an afternoon tea reflecting the fruitful season through October 31, drawing on smoking, fermentation, and charcoal-grilling techniques amid the resort's changing forest garden.
Ahead of the September 25 Jugoya harvest moon, Aoyama Flower Market is marking Otsukimi with moon-themed bouquets and arrangements, limited-time Tea House desserts in Minami-Aoyama and Akasaka, and a moon-viewing flower arrangement lesson at hana-kichi, including a kids' pair class.
ATELIERITO, a baumkuchen bakery based in Itoshima, Fukuoka, is joining Baumkuchen Expo 2026 at Matsuzakaya Nagoya from September 17 to 23, 2026, bringing Gin no Ito to an event for the first time as the Nagoya-exclusive, 7-day-only Gin no Ito PREMIUM – Warm Chocolat Edition. The booth also offers Kin no Ito, whose 2026 online sales have already closed, making this the brand's last chance to sell it in 2026.
From October 1, 2026, AQUARIUM×ART átoa in Kobe is giving visitors a limited-edition original sticker for talking with staff, and launching a new "átoa Face PASS" priced for elementary school students — a 90-day facial-recognition pass long requested by visitors that skips reservations even on peak-season, time-designated days.
SEGA FAVE's new hybrid toy line "BLOFFFu" combines the softness of a plush with a molded body across 36 officially licensed characters, from Sanrio Characters and Disney to Marvel and Sesame Street, arriving October 16, 2026, alongside a pop-up store at Shibuya's MIYASHITA PARK.