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Toshima City has installed a new manhole cover featuring Tomori Takamatsu from the TV anime BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! at Ikebukuro Station's West Exit Plaza, a gift from Bushiroad marking the series' deep ties to the neighborhood.
From September 1, the buffet restaurant Chef's Live Kitchen at Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay presents an "Autumn Hokkaido Gourmet & Shine Muscat" lunch and dinner buffet, featuring weekday all-you-can-eat red snow crab, Hokkaido king crab and abalone teppanyaki, hand-pressed sushi, and an all-you-can-eat Shine Muscat and fresh Mont Blanc dessert spread.
The TV anime Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia held a special screening of Act 1 through Act 4 at Japan Expo 2026, one of Europe's largest pop culture events, in Paris, France. TV Asahi producer Kazuki Endo took the stage before the screening to share the appeal of the award-winning historical manga adaptation with French fans.
TOKYO BASE's select shop JAPAN EDITION opens a new flagship store on Namiki-dori in Ginza on July 16, 2026, marking the occasion with special collaboration items from YAMANE INDUSTRIES and gold.
London-born homeware brand Jubilee has added an insulated lunch pouch featuring classic William Morris patterns to its lineup, available in two designs — Fruit and Strawberry Thief — for ¥2,200.
Sync Innovation Co., Ltd. has opened pre-orders for a new line of TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen merchandise, featuring mini characters in the popular "mochocho" series, including can badges, stickers, and more.
Thank You Mart is releasing a new collaboration collection featuring Jurassic World and Jaws, with all items priced at 390 yen (429 yen tax included). In-store sales begin in early August 2026, with online pre-orders opening July 17.
To mark the 30th anniversary of Gambling Apocalypse KAIJI, a pop-up store opens at Apita Matsusaka Mikumo in Mie Prefecture from July 24 to August 11, 2026, offering a large new lineup of original merchandise and a purchase-bonus postcard featuring the characters' signature expressions.
From July 21 to September 13, 2026, Kaiju Sakaba's Shimbashi Distillery location is holding an "Ultraman Tiga Fair" with food and drinks themed around the monsters and aliens who battled Ultraman Tiga, plus a random limited-edition coaster with every fair-menu order.
Jindaiji Shokubunka Henshu-shitsu in Chofu City, Tokyo, is launching "Kakudaishi Dorayaki," a treat inspired by the yakuyoke figure Kakudaishi, on weekends and public holidays from July 18, 2026. The dorayaki was planned by four women in their late 40s and early 50s who reskilled in food culture at Kyoto University of the Arts, and is made by the 115-year-old Nagasaki confectionery shop Okita.
Wagokoro Co., Ltd. is set to open Yufuin Kinrinko Kanzashiya Wargo, a new kanzashi (hair ornament) specialty store, in the Kinrinko area of Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, in late July 2026. The store will be the brand's third location in the Yufuin Kinrinko area, joining Yufuin Kinrinko Hokusai Graphic and Yufuin Kinrinko musumusu.
From July 18 to August 31, 2026, Hakone Gora Karaku and Atami Izusan Karaku are offering "Karaku's Summer 2026," a stay built around quiet rest, featuring a body-temperature "fukan onyu" bath in their scenic open-air baths, along with limited-time summer cocktails and sweets.