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Kuji Colle, an online lottery service operated by TEAM Entertainment, begins selling original merchandise for the game app takt op. Symphony on August 7, 2026, including acrylic boards, stands, blocks, and cards made with original artwork.
The Tamba Sasayama Dekansho Festival returns to Tamba Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture on August 15 and 16, 2026. The festival centers on Sō Odori, a mass dance performed to the folk song Dekansho-bushi around one of Japan's largest wooden yagura towers, alongside food stalls and fireworks.
Charaditional Toy, a brand built around the theme of "Characters × Japanese Tradition," is releasing a new Otsukimi (moon-viewing) themed merchandise lineup for TV anime "A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!," featuring newly drawn character illustrations. Pre-orders run from August 7 to August 28, 2026, via Gets Oshi Mart.
Team Entertainment has launched an online lottery featuring original merchandise from the pachislot machine 'L Tokyo Ghoul' on the Kujico platform, with sales running from August 7 through August 31, 2026.
Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory's Cow Cow Kitchen is reviving its limited-edition Milk Pie Cookie & Cream for the first time in four years, on sale from August 7, 2026, at EQUiA Kita-Senju and Atre Akihabara 1. The oven-baked pastry pairs a mellow, mascarpone-rich milk cream with cocoa cookie pieces for a cool, milky flavor available only while supplies last.
Toshima Ward's local history museum is holding a collection exhibition on the vegetable seed wholesalers who once lined the "Seed Merchant Road" through Itabashi, Takinogawa, and Sugamo, running through September 23, 2026.
The 69th Towada Summer Festival Fireworks Display sends about 2,500 fireworks over Towada City's central park and athletics stadium on August 14, 2026, with a livestream for those watching from afar.
The MDLX line marks the 40th anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie with fully poseable figures of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron finished in colors inspired by the film. Pre-orders are open now, with release planned for December 2026.
A high-precision reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's "Café Terrace at Night," certified by the Kröller-Müller Museum, is now on sale at Ueno Royal Museum's "Grand Van Gogh Exhibition" through August 12, 2026.
On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the restaurant Sunset Marina BBQ Garden at THE VILLAS NAGASAKI is hosting a one-night-only summer event, "Marina BBQ Night 2026," featuring a no-gear-required Italian BBQ, a live paella performance, and a private fireworks display over the marina.
Vegan VISAI RAMEN, a new vegan ramen specialty shop, opens in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, on August 1, offering two signature ramens and three course menus built around plant-based ingredients, with vegan certification planned for the future.
Starting August 21, 2026, GiGO group stores nationwide will begin offering "VSPO! Deformed Figure Vol. 7," a new GiGO-exclusive crane game prize featuring Yakumo Beni and Yumeno Akari, with more entries in the series planned to follow.