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Lancôme's JUICY TUBES lip gloss is expanding well beyond its department store counters and official online shop, rolling out to 55 semi-self-service and select cosmetics stores across Japan in response to customer demand.
LECIEN Corporation is holding the LECIEN Embroidery Exhibition 2026 in Tokyo's Omotesando from October 23 to 25, 2026, featuring work from an open call that drew 509 applicants, alongside pieces by professional embroidery artists, artist talk shows, and a collaboration with Bunka Fashion College.
AMNIBUS, an online store specializing in original anime and manga merchandise, has started accepting pre-orders for four A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even product lines, including Trading Can Badges, Trading Ani-Frame illustration cards, BIG Acrylic Stands, and A3 Matte Posters.
LOULOU WILLOUGHBY's "DESSERT" collection pop-up runs at Isetan Shinjuku's Center Park from September 9 to 15, featuring colorful new pieces, pre-release items, and a special Instagram Live shopping session.
AMNIBUS, an online store selling original anime and manga merchandise, has begun taking pre-orders for nine types of TV anime Marriage Toxin goods, including Trading Ani-Art acrylic stands, acrylic cards, and can badges.
Kuriya Shichidaime Matsugoro, the Shibuya restaurant whose Cuban sandwich sold 2,500 units in 8 days at Tobu Department Store's Ikebukuro flagship, brings the dish to Sogo Yokohama's first SOGO BREAD Market from September 9 to 16, 2026, now with new half-size portions.
AMNIBUS has opened pre-orders for six new Ani-Art KAWAII label items featuring the cast of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, including trading acrylic stands and can badges, with orders accepted from August 28, 2026.
A limited-time miffy style POP UP SHOP in Yurakucho, presented by Kiddy Land in cooperation with Miffy's official Japan agent Dick Bruna Japan, opens at Yurakucho Marui's 1F Calendarium from October 2 to 19, 2026, marking its fourth year with exclusive plush toys, mascots, and a purchase bonus tote bag.
Women's fashion brand Mila Owen will reopen its store on the 3rd floor of Osaka Takashimaya on September 16, 2026, with limited-color items, a novelty giveaway, and a points campaign for MA Card members.
NARUTO & BORUTO Shinobi-Zato at Nijigen no Mori on Awaji Island is celebrating Naruto Uzumaki's birthday with the Shinobi-Zato Naruto Uzumaki Birthday Festival 2026. Its first chapter, a three-day birthday party running October 10 to 12, 2026, lets visitors greet Naruto in person and form the Leaf Village symbol together on his actual birthday.
Two amusement-exclusive Ninjaboy Rantaro Makibishi Candy Egg Cans, one featuring the sixth-year students and the other the fifth-year students, roll out to game centers and online crane games nationwide from the third week of September 2026, each holding candy and a random matching character sticker.
Norrbottens Destilleri, a small-batch distillery in northern Sweden, is bringing two new pie-inspired craft liqueurs, "Rhubarb Pie" and "Blueberry Pie," to Japan on October 16, 2026, paired with a launch event at FUGLEN TOKYO.