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Furyu's new no-miss lottery, Furyu Kuji Esther Bunny Cake Dreams, goes on sale from September 19, 2026, offering a cake-themed lineup of plush toys, a tote bag, and other original items across seven prize tiers plus a Last Get bonus prize.
For 23 days from September 1 to 23, 2026, GALA Summer Park at GALA Yuzawa in Niigata Prefecture is offering discounted admission and activity tickets to Niigata residents, alongside a new flower maze, a 4WD off-road RC car course, and its popular Panorama Coaster.
Bandai Namco Experience and Bandai Namco Amusement are opening the Gashapon Bandai Official Shop inside Apita Toyama Higashi in Toyama City on September 11, 2026 (Friday), bringing the capsule toy specialty store brand's nationwide store count to 300.
From October 2026, Ginza Chinese restaurant GINZA Shinfuen is offering a limited-time Shanghai crab menu built around its signature 熟酔蟹 (Steamed Drunken Shanghai Crab) specialty, with two course options and a la carte dishes pairing the crab with Yamagata beef, matsutake mushroom, shark fin, and abalone.
Sixteen Gokurakuyu and RAKU SPA locations team up with "Star Detective Precure! The Movie" from October 1 to October 20, 2026, featuring themed baths, exclusive merchandise, collaboration menus, and more.
An online lottery for TV anime "Goodbye, Lara" has launched on DRAW!DRAW!, featuring prizes such as an acrylic stand clock, aurora acrylic stands, A3 posters, and aurora can badges, priced at 770 yen per draw.
Garden Dining at Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba will run a limited-time "Autumn Premium Harvest Festival" buffet on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays from October 2 to November 29, 2026, featuring chef-carved domestic beef roast beef, matsutake mushroom rice, and a build-your-own salmon and ikura rice bowl.
Hakata Marui is hosting the "2nd Yarn Fest in Hakata Marui" from September 17 to 23, 2026, gathering yarn and handmade goods shops along with hands-on knitting workshops, including a special session led by comedian Aipa Takizawa.
The SOS Exhibition, marking the 20th anniversary of the TV anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, moves from Tokyo to ラクバスホール in Osaka's Abeno district from November 21 to December 13, 2026, featuring rare production materials, photo spots recreating the SOS Brigade clubroom, and new original merchandise.
Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi is holding its first HARUKIRU exhibition from September 16 to 27, 2026, displaying around 50 artworks crafted from everyday packaging such as confectionery boxes, alongside a hands-on workshop for MI Card members.
THE HIRAMATSU KARUIZAWA MIYOTA is holding a Shinshu Wine Week from October 2 to October 9, 2026, offering a limited-time pairing dinner stay plan along with daily salon tastings introducing the wines of Nagano Prefecture.
Hotel Indigo Inuyama Urakuen is marking the 2026 holiday season with "Inuyama Christmas Story," featuring a limited-time Christmas dinner course, a Christmas stay plan with an original crest-motif cake, and a sustainable Christmas tree crafted by artist Seiya Kaji from reclaimed materials.