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Tirol Choco is releasing "Puchirol Tetra" nationwide from September 7 — mini milk and strawberry chocolates in an easy-to-share tetra package featuring the "Puchirols Special Task Force" characters.
Toba Hotel International's Lobby Lounge is offering a playful Halloween afternoon tea, "Halloween — The Monsters' Mischief," from September 1 to October 31, 2026, featuring witch, Frankenstein, and monster-eye motifs alongside Mie Prefecture specialties, plus a limited-time dessert plate and Halloween decorations throughout the hotel.
TOOTH TOOTH BISTRO&CAFE, run by Kobe's TOOTH TOOTH, welcomes the deepening autumn season with a new lineup starting August 27th, including a shrimp and leek cream galette, a Shine Muscat mille crêpe with black tea ice cream, and a Shine Muscat tart.
Touhou Yaoyorozu Shoten has revealed its new Touhou Project merchandise for two Chichibu events this August — Atsumare Touhou Station 2026 on August 29–30 and the Hakurei Shrine Reitaisai Branch Version on August 30 — including acrylic stands pairing Chichibu's mascots with Touhou Project characters and new acrylic figures of Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame.
DMM TV will livestream three performances of Touken Ranbu: The Musical "Tsukiyoichiru" — the Tokyo run's opening show on September 7, the October 25 matinee, and the grand finale on October 25 — with advance ticket sales opening August 24, 2026; every stream comes with an on-demand replay window, and the 3-performance set adds an archived replay of the grand finale.
Toya Kohantei, a hot spring inn on the shore of Lake Toya in Hokkaido, is offering motorcycle riders covered parking so they can rest without worrying about rain, followed by a hot spring bath overlooking the lake.
Tudor's touring sumo-themed pop-up store makes back-to-back stops in Osaka, opening at Shinsaibashi PARCO from August 28 as "Shinsaibashi Basho," then at Osaka Takashimaya from September 9 as "Osaka Takashimaya Basho," with newly shot portraits of four top-division sumo wrestlers alongside Tudor's iconic staple models.
Ubusuna no Sato TOMIMOTO, a renovated kominka hotel in Nara's Ikaruga–Horyuji area and the birthplace of ceramic artist and first Living National Treasure Tomimoto Kenkichi, marks the World Heritage registration of the Asuka-Fujiwara Imperial Capitals with a special kaiseki plan themed on ancient Yamato history, available from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027.
The Westin Osaka's Lobby Lounge is serving a grape-themed "Grape Afternoon Tea — Tea Time in the Autumn Forest" from September 1 to November 7, 2026, followed by a limited Shine Muscat Moon-Viewing Parfait from September 7, available in only 10 servings a day.
From August 25 (September 1 for XEX WEST), XEX's four restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka are serving the "XEX Autumn Buffet 2026," a limited-time lunch buffet with all-you-can-eat Shine Muscat grapes alongside seasonal Italian dishes and desserts.
New merchandise for the 18TRIP × SWEETS PARADISE Collaboration Cafe, including Acrylic Figure Stands and Trading Acrylic Glass Charms, goes on sale from September 2, 2026 at five Sweets Paradise locations in Shinjuku, Nagoya, Tennoji, Machida, and Hiroshima, as well as online.
Ahead of next year's Koto Akizuki Hina Meguri, the historic town of Akizuki in Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture will display around 600 hina dolls in front of the Akizuki Castle ruins' Nagayamon Gate on September 9, 2026, to mark the Chōyō no Sekku (Chrysanthemum Festival).