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GranSta Tokyo's underground shopping area at Tokyo Station reopens at 10:00 AM on September 16, 2026 as the "Underground Marunouchi Ticket Gate Area," bringing together 26 shops — including 10 new brands and 13 exclusive to Tokyo Station — alongside a new art space, an opening sticker giveaway, and a JRE POINT campaign.
Hakuba Iwatake Mountain Resort begins early-bird sales of its 2026-2027 winter season pass on September 1, offering free hot spring bathing, lift and rental discounts, and winter content for skiers and non-skiers alike.
A special exhibition at Atelier Shimura Gallery & School Tokyo, Setagaya runs from September 11 to October 20, 2026, showcasing washi paper flowers by Hananowa dyed through a collaboration with Atelier Shimura's plant dyeing, along with new plant-dyed beeswax paper products.
Hankyu Men's Tokyo welcomes three new brand shops this summer, LEVI'S® PREMIUM STORE opens on the 7th floor on August 21, followed by UNIVERSAL WORKS.'s first store in Japan on the 6th floor and custom bicycle brand CHERUBIM's permanent shop on the 7th floor, both opening August 28.
Sanrio Character Park Harmonyland in Hiji, Oita hosts the Halloween event HARMONYLAND HALLOWEEN from September 18 to November 10, 2026, featuring an upgraded Magical Masquerade live show, a new participatory show, Halloween-themed parades and greetings, and limited-time candy-inspired food.
Frontier Works has opened the Nintendo Switch store page for Heroic Songs: the Remix!, the idol x town-building simulation game already available on Steam, ahead of its October 8, 2026 release. An opening movie featuring the theme song Follow the Glow has also gone live on the official YouTube channel.
Jewelry brand Hirotaka is releasing the AMBER SPEAR earrings, set with amber and white agate, in limited quantities from August 20, 2026, available at Hirotaka's directly-operated stores and its official online store.
From October 1 to November 26, 2026, HOSHINOYA Okinawa will offer "Autumn Colors Dessert Course," a six-course dessert experience built around the character of Okinawa's rare purple sweet potato, paired with tea in an open garden setting.
As summer's heat begins to ease, Hotel Anaga on Awaji Island is inviting guests to enjoy a poolside resort stay under the theme "Just a Little More Summer," with time at the garden pool, original cocktails at the poolside bar, and a limited-time stay plan featuring Awaji beef and salt-baked Awaji onion.
HOTEL FORK & KNIFE Miyajima, the culture retreat hotel that opened near Miyajima this March, is holding a talk event and dinner built around the photobook Hiroshima 1958, featuring ref. head Kengo Nakamoto and editor Chihiro Minato on September 11 and 12, 2026.
From September 1, 2026, Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa's Japanese restaurant "Avant" will serve a limited-time eight-course "Matsutake Kaiseki" built around fragrant autumn matsutake mushrooms, available through October 31.
Starting September 2026, Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora's Riverside Kitchen & Bar introduces a new seasonal dinner course from Executive Chef Kei Sakamoto, layering French technique and wood-fire cooking with Japanese ingredients like plum, yuba, whitebait, and miso, available in three tiers from ¥10,000.