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Interior lifestyle brand Francfranc launches its 2026 Autumn & Winter Collection "Design with Drama," featuring 1970s-inspired living room furniture, cushions, fabrics, fragrances, and more. Available at stores nationwide from August 21, 2026, and online from August 19.
Fukuroda Onsen Omoide Romankan in Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture, is holding an "Apple Event" from October 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, featuring its popular apple bath scented with local Okukuji apples along with an apple-themed welcome treat at check-in.
Bandai Namco Experience and Bandai Namco Amusement are opening the Gashapon Bandai Official Shop Central Cinema Sanko store, a 210-machine capsule toy specialty store, inside Central Cinema Sanko in Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture, on Friday, August 21, 2026.
A Bandai-official Gashapon capsule toy specialty store with 280 capsule machine slots is opening inside the Zaza Chuokan shopping complex in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture on August 21, 2026, carrying the full lineup of Bandai's newest capsule toy products.
Donguri Kyowakoku, the nationwide Studio Ghibli goods store operated by Benelic Co., Ltd., is releasing a Totoro pen stand and a Spirited Away tray, each doubling as a paperweight, from August 22, 2026, with online pre-orders opening August 21.
Gibson Brands Japan is joining "Nakatsugawa WILD WOOD 2026," a two-day outdoor music festival in Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture on September 19–20, 2026, bringing premium live stages, talk shows, and a hands-on guitar exhibition booth to the event.
GODIVA's autumn 2026 limited baked sweets lineup goes on sale August 26, featuring the Moon-Viewing series' first cookie assortment alongside a Mont Blanc langue de chat cookie assortment and an Anno sweet potato tigre assortment.
GODIVA Japan's "Autumn Collection" arrives at GODIVA shops, cafés, and its online store nationwide from August 26, 2026, featuring moon- and rabbit-motif chocolates inspired by autumn moon-viewing.
From September through November 2026, Grand Mercure Okinawa Cape Zanpa Resort serves a rice whisky in its Executive Lounge, holds an awamori tasting event in the lobby, and hosts a Pineapple Fair pairing pineapple sweets with wine at its buffet restaurant Le Sensoriel.
For three days from September 20 to 22, 2026, the all-day dining restaurant Le Jardin at Grand Nikko Tokyo Bay Maihama will offer an Autumn Sweets Buffet featuring about 25 seasonal desserts alongside a full lunch menu built around grapes, pears, chestnuts, and sweet potatoes.
From August 26 to October 6, 2026, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's 8th floor Living Goods section hosts the "Better Sleep, Better Life" event, offering the latest mattresses, an AI-equipped smart bed, sleep devices, and bed yoga sessions to help visitors build a comfortable sleep environment and ease the fatigue of this summer's heat.
From August 26 to September 1, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's 8th floor Promotion Space 81 gathers six brands spanning amphibious wear, fine jewelry, and hats, including a brand making its first appearance in Kansai and a popular collaboration jewelry line rarely available to try on in person.