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Wagokoro Co., Ltd. will simultaneously open a Hashiya Mansaku chopstick specialty store and a second Hokusai Graphic Japanese umbrella store in Asakusa's おまいり町 in late August 2026, expanding its store count in the area to four.
Maple confectionery specialty store HELLO MAPLI, inside JR Nagoya Takashimaya, is releasing its first new item since opening — Maple Fleur, a flower-shaped assorted sable cookie tin combining maple, pistachio chocolate, and hazelnut chocolate — from Saturday, August 1, 2026.
To mark the "Girl with a Pearl Earring" exhibition at Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, confectionery brand Henri Charpentier and the Mauritshuis have collaborated on a limited original tin assortment of madeleines, matcha petit gâteau, and Hyogo chestnut marron cake, going on sale August 3, 2026.
Hida Takayama Museum of Art is holding a special exhibition through February 15, 2027, exploring how Art Nouveau masters such as Emile Gallé drew inspiration from Japanese art and Japonisme, with a shared reverence for nature linking East and West.
The 6th floor Bar & Lounge ZATTA at Hilton Hiroshima is serving an autumn afternoon tea called "Harvest," built around persimmon, chestnut, pumpkin, pear, fig, and apple, from September 7 through November 8, 2026, priced at ¥4,700.
HobbyLink Japan's first physical store, HobbyQuest, opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on July 25, 2026, bringing a treasure-hunt-style shopping experience to hobby fans.
Abeno Harukas Art Museum in Osaka has announced a new exhibition, "HOKUSAI," spotlighting the roughly 18-year period when ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai went by the name "Hokusai," running from Saturday, May 22 through Monday, July 19, 2027.
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Sanburos's Japanese-culture brand Holiday Girl is releasing a new Tokaido Shinkansen collection featuring the 0 Series, 300 Series, and 923 Series Doctor Yellow T4 Formation, with T-shirts, magnets, and a denim jacket going on sale sequentially from late July 2026.
To mark its fifth anniversary, craft gin brand HOLON is launching its first non-alcoholic drink, HOLON GIN ORIGINAL 0.00%, open for pre-order from July 29, 2026, alongside a renewed version of its signature HOLON GIN ORIGINAL gin.
Fuji-Q Highland and Sun Hoseki's popular character Hoppe-chan collaborate for the first time in the Sun Hoseki Fair in Fuji-Q Highland, running August 13 to 15, 2026, with a pop-up shop, a hands-on Hoppe-chan Shibori Workshop, character greetings, and a limited Fuji-Q exclusive Hoppe-chan gift campaign.
A Hoppe-chan pop-up shop hosted by Village Vanguard brings limited-edition keychains, hair ties, and stickers to Aichi from August 7 and Kanagawa from August 28, 2026.
From September 1 to November 30, 2026, Hoshinoya Karuizawa presents five seasonal ways to experience Nagano's autumn with all five senses — a fermented steamed lunch overlooking terraced rice paddies, an in-room dining breakfast framed by vivid foliage, an evening cafe and bar by firelight, a sketching walk through the changing leaves, and a calming morning stretch in the crisp autumn air.