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The popular Suika Game and McDonald's Happy Meal collaboration is back for 2026, featuring beloved Sanrio Characters in an all-new online game available from April 10.
TOKYO AI Fashion Week 2026 has kicked off from April 3, 2026, featuring a generative AI fashion design contest, a seminar, and hands-on AI experience booths exploring the intersection of fashion and technology.
From May 11 to June 30, 2026, Tea Salon Pikake at Tokyo Prince Hotel offers a seasonal afternoon tea inspired by blooming hydrangeas, with colorful sweets and savories served against a backdrop of garden hydrangeas visible through large windows.
A large-scale flea market featuring more than 200 curated shops selling vintage clothing, antiques, handcrafted goods, and baked treats will be held at Yokohama Symphostage Gate Plaza on April 11 and 12, 2026.
Little World Open-Air Folk Museum in Inuyama, Aichi is hosting "Ainu Week" on four days in April 2026, featuring traditional Ainu dance performances, mukuri instrument experiences, Hokkaido cuisine, and Ainu goods.
To celebrate the first anniversary of its Osaka Takashimaya store, Akafuku's Isuzu Chaya is offering a limited-edition strawberry cornet featuring wasan-bon cream and chocolate, available from April 8 to May 6, 2026.
The golf brand AS2OV GOLF has launched pre-orders for its 2026 spring/summer collection starting April 3, 2026, featuring a CORDURA Ballistic® boston tote, golf shoes with a free-lock system, and a lineup of functional apparel.
U-TREASURE is accepting pre-orders for the 13th installment of their Azur Lane collaboration motif rings, featuring three characters — Noshiro, Janus, and Alsace — with designs inspired by each character's costume and imagery.
BambooCut's popular home-fermentation kits — "Umeko" for umeboshi and "Umesuke" for umeshu — are back for 2026. Pre-orders are open from April 1 through May 14, with freshly harvested Kishu Nanko plums shipped in mid-June.
Bono Bakery in Osaka's Horie district is releasing two new seasonal raw bagel items — the Matcha Custard Raw Bagel Donut and the Spring Sakura Raw Bagel with tsubu-an — starting April 3, 2026.
The mobile RPG Brown Dust 2 is bringing back its collaboration with Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link from April 9, 2026, featuring five popular characters and two seasonal events with mini-games.
A new CanDo-exclusive stationery series featuring the nostalgic "Retro Diary" designs by Furukawa Shiko began rolling out from April 1, 2026, with 28 items priced at 330 yen each.