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For just three days around the Tanabata festival, DOLCE FELICE is offering two limited-edition fruit jellies packed with six types of fruit — one inspired by Orihime in red pomegranate-scented jelly, and one by Hikoboshi in blue orange-scented jelly.
A limited-time bespoke eyewear event at Hankyu Umeda pairs one-of-a-kind vintage frames from THE LAST STORE® with customizable photochromic lenses from KODAK Lenses, running July 8–14, 2026.
From August 13 to 15, 2026, the Restaurant & Bar TIDE TABLE Shiomi at Tokyo Bay Shiomi Prince Hotel will hold a three-day summer buffet themed around a fish market, featuring live tuna-cutting performances and fresh seafood sourced directly from Toyosu Market.
Tokyo Bouillabaisse Shokudo, a French-inspired seafood restaurant in Hatchobori, Tokyo, launches its full dinner menu on July 1, 2026, completing a dual dining concept alongside the already-open Tanita Cafe.
Bar "2000" at Tokyo Dome Hotel is offering a new high tea experience featuring free-flow cocktails crafted by hotel bartenders alongside chef-curated appetizers, available from July 4, 2026, with sweeping views of Tokyo Dome City's illumination.
The renovated permanent interactive exhibition at Tokyo National Museum opens on June 30, 2026, featuring a 14-meter wide screen that uses real-time collection data to present personalized cultural property recommendations from the day's 3,000 on-display works.
An embroidered sukajan featuring Lum from the TV anime Urusei Yatsura is set to release in early October 2026. Available for pre-order at COSPA's online store, the jacket features full embroidery on both the front and back, with a lightweight, no-padding design for wear across three seasons.
Tokyo-based craft brewery VERTERE is set to open a new taproom in Daikanyama on July 17, 2026, serving eight draft beers alongside light food and canned beer retail at the TENOHA Daikanyama complex.
White Cat Project NEW WORLD'S kicks off Episode 3 of its 12th anniversary celebration event, "ZODIAC:CHRONICLE," on June 30, 2026, alongside character gacha featuring Sirius, Asteria, and Illumina.
VR goggle crafts, virtual maker activities, and character meet-and-greets are lined up for children at Rinko Park in Yokohama during the Yokohama Tanabata Festival on July 4–5, 2026.
From July 2026, the Kyoto confectionery house Zen Kashoin is serving a lineup of cool summer sweets — a new aloe and Kotoka strawberry iced dessert, a cream anmitsu, and a chilled water jelly — at its Kyoto Muromachi main store, with two of them also available at ShinQs in Shibuya Hikarie.
A limited-time craft soft cream popup store from the beloved ice cream event あいぱく® opens at Hibiya Step Plaza in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya from July 4 to September 27, 2026.