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From July 17 to August 31, 2026, TWIN-LINE HOTEL YANBARU OKINAWA JAPAN in northern Okinawa holds OKINAWA SUMMER NIGHT FEST, featuring local Okinawan beers, festival-style food stalls, and a limited sanshin live series in the garden.
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts has launched exclusive 90th anniversary merchandise — three netsuke replica figures recreated via 3D technology — along with LINE stickers featuring its character "Ujin," to mark the museum's landmark anniversary exhibition.
A solar-powered octopus bobble figure that nods its head in the sunlight is set to launch as a new Osaka specialty souvenir in late May 2026, available at Kansai railway stations and souvenir shops.
Following six months of collaborative training and field visits, Park Hyatt Kyoto and the chef collective Chefs for the Blue are presenting a special sustainable gastronomy event, "Sustainable Seas, Kyoto Table," on July 7, 2026, featuring an 8-course dinner by three acclaimed Kyoto chefs.
A new lineup of goods inspired by the "Neko Hanten," the Chinese restaurant where Shampoo works in the TV anime Ranma ½, is now available for pre-order at Village Vanguard Online through June 8, 2026.
Specialty coffee brand REC COFFEE and patisserie brand SAISON DES RÉCOLTES are set to open a combined shop on the B2 floor of Daimaru Fukuoka Tenjin on July 3, 2026.
The skincare and fragrance brand ROAliv is releasing the Honey Luster Neo, a watery tint lip serum offering vibrant color and lasting moisture, in 6 shades starting July 23, 2026.
Six new Rozen Maiden products have launched on the AMNIBUS online store, including trading acrylic cards, glitter can badges, illustration cards, metal art panels, BIG acrylic stands, and 100mm can badges in the Aure Glass series.
The British home appliance brand Russell Hobbs has launched a pre-order campaign on Makuake for its new Fully Automatic Café Drip coffee maker, which handles everything from bean grinding to brewing at the press of a button. General retail release is planned for August 28, 2026.
A guided hiking tour called Ryugatake THE HIKE will take place on June 5, 2026, at Mt. Ryugatake (1,099m), one of the Suzuka Seven Mountains on the border of Komono Town and Inabe City in Mie Prefecture.
Get Wrapped Up Inc. has announced that SANGOKUSHI BOND, a deck-building roguelite battle game set in the Three Kingdoms era, will launch on Steam in summer 2026 at 800 yen (tax included, one-time purchase). A Steam Playtest runs May 22–26, 2026, offering an early look at the game.
A one-night-only dinner event at Sapporo Excel Hotel Tokyu on June 26, 2026 pairs wines from Housui Winery in Iwamizawa with a specially crafted Japanese menu, with early-bird pricing available through June 5.