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Hida Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, brings its local agricultural produce and flavors to central Tokyo with the Takayama City Fair at Chiyoda Ward's Kanda area throughout July 2026, featuring product sales, a standing drink event with Hida ingredients, an upscale dinner, and special menus at partner restaurants.
Hilton Garden Inn Yokohama Minato Mirai's 19th-floor restaurant Together & Co. will host a Premium Fireworks Viewing Dinner on August 24, 2026, timed to the Sky Symphony in Yokohama fireworks display during the Minato Mirai Festival. Only 112 seats are available, with reservations opening June 30.
Kunugi café 太田川店 in Hiroshima is bringing back its popular "Waffle Buffet" (ワッフルバイキング) in a renewed format starting July 1, 2026, featuring over 10 types of waffles, baumkuchen, and seasonal baked goods within a 60-minute window.
Kyoto Uji-based roasted green tea specialty shop HOHO HOJICHA will hold a limited 14-day pop-up store at JR Kyoto Isetan department store, featuring its debut Gokujo Hoho Pudding alongside popular sweets, award-winning teas, and hojicha latte products.
Hoshino Resort is set to open a new 23-room hotel condominium in the Gora Onsen area of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, in 2028 — the brand's first new-build hotel condominium in the Hakone Gora area.
Hotel Indigo Inuyama Urakuen in Aichi Prefecture is hosting an autumn sweets buffet centered on chestnuts, running from September 1 to November 30, 2026, featuring seasonal desserts blending Japanese and Western flavors.
Hotel Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture is offering a new stay plan combining the six-course dinner "SAN (燦)" with a two-hour all-you-can-drink option and a morning breakfast buffet, available from July 1 to December 20, 2026.
From July 18 to 31, 2026, the Japanese restaurant Isshin at Hotel New Otani Osaka is offering a limited-time selection of premium eel dishes made with carefully selected domestic unagi, prepared using Edo-style techniques.
Hotel New Otani (Tokyo, Makuhari, and Osaka) is hosting a one-month limited Strawberry, Melon & Mango Sweets Fair from July 1 to 31, 2026, featuring a sweets buffet, afternoon tea, and a range of seasonal shortcakes and desserts.
Five types of summer limited goshuin, including two kirigami (paper-cut art) designs themed around a traditional purification ritual and the Tanabata star festival, will be available at Ikuta Shrine in Kobe from July 1, 2026.
To celebrate its first anniversary, JUNGLIA OKINAWA in northern Okinawa is dramatically expanding its water entertainment program this summer, with four new splash experiences launching from July 18 to October 12, 2026.
Chugoku Kappo Ryokan Kikusuitei in Tokorozawa, Saitama, will offer a moon-themed autumn experience from September 1 to November 30, 2026, featuring a special lodging plan, moon-inspired cuisine, a hinoki bath ball experience, and moon-themed wagashi.