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Starting September 1, 2026, we♡donuts is introducing two new lemon doughnuts — Melting Lemon Cream and Lemon Custard Brûlée — bringing a refreshing citrus treat to select stores just as the last of summer's heat lingers.
From September 1 to November 6, 2026, The Westin Tokyo's international restaurant The Terrace offers a lunch and dinner buffet celebrating the autumn harvest, featuring Oktoberfest-style dishes such as grilled sausages and choucroute alongside a wide selection of world cuisine, with German and Spanish beers available a la carte.
A third collaboration event between the smartphone 3D action RPG White Cat Project NEW WORLD'S and the VTuber group hololive has launched, bringing hololive GAMERS members Shirakami Fubuki, Ookami Mio, Nekomata Okayu, and Inugami Korone into the White Cat world through a limited-time gacha, jewel pack sale, and collaboration livestreams.
From September 9 to 22, 2026, Hankyu Umeda Main Store's 7th-floor Koto Koto Stage 71 hosts WOVEN TIME for Your Own Room, an art event that reframes art as a device for renewing oneself, featuring work from four artists working in dyeing, sculpture, bamboo craft, and terracotta.
Moonstar's "b/m" brand is releasing the "B/M Taobio" boot sneaker in black, pairing a side-gore boot with a platform sole for a look that's voluminous yet light and easy to wear every day.
From October 28 to November 3, 2026, the BUNGU JOSHI HAKU pop-up returns to Hanshin Umeda Main Store in Osaka, bringing together 55 stationery brands — including 12 making their Umeda debut — with more than 20,000 items to see, touch, and buy.
THE C's SKY DINING, the Italian restaurant on the 17th floor of Candeo Hotels Osaka The Tower, is serving the seasonal "THE C's SKY DINING Autumn Buffet 2026" for lunch and dinner from September 1 through November 30, 2026, pairing autumn ingredients with a wine-focused free-flow drink option.
pTa.shop has added three new T-shirt designs featuring artwork by illustrator Chiba Kotaro — pinoko, LITH, and Ramen Gacho — on sale since August 10, 2026.
A digital stamp rally will guide participants through around 100 bars and restaurants near Nakano, Koenji, Asagaya, Ogikubo, and Nishi-Ogikubo stations from September 14 to 18, 2026, with prizes for visiting shops along the way.
Flying Tiger Copenhagen introduces its "Gothcore" series, part of a new 111-item Halloween lineup available at all stores and online from August 21, 2026, featuring skeleton-motif accessories, a coffin-shaped bag, and other gothic-inspired pieces.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the TV broadcast, Bandai Namco Filmworks is releasing "Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play Blu-ray BOX" (Special Limited Edition), the series' first-ever Blu-ray release, exclusively through A-on STORE on August 26, 2026, priced at ¥33,000.
AKROS is faithfully recreating the jacket that Momoka Kawaragi wears in Girls Band Cry, with pre-orders opening in August 2026 through the AKROS official site and Animate Online ahead of a December 2026 release.