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Starting September 5, 2026, JR Hotel Clement Tokushima's Dining Cafe Clement is serving "Sea of Sweets Afternoon Tea," a first-time collaboration with Shikoku Aquarium featuring photogenic sweets and savories modeled after the aquarium's dolphins, seals, garden eels, and coral, available through November 30.
Three restaurants at JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo are serving seasonal menus built around chestnuts, grapes, mushrooms, and other autumn flavors, running from September 1 through September 30, 2026.
A drink and food kitchen car from the "TV Anime Jujutsu Kaisen 5th Anniversary × Haneda Airport Garden Collaboration" returns for "Juju Fes 2026 -5th anniversary-" at K Arena Yokohama on August 29-30, 2026, with a refreshed lineup of collaboration menu items featuring bottle charms, clear cards, and bonus coasters.
From September 1, 2026, JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo debuts a season-long autumn promotion inspired by "Nijuroku-ya-machi," the Edo-era moon-waiting tradition historically tied to Takanawa, featuring a poolside sound bath, moon-themed dining and cocktails, and a Kyoto craft gin pop-up at bar "4-0-3."
![[Kaga Onsen-kyo] Giant Guzu Effigies Race Through the Old Post Town at the Guzuyaki Matsuri Festival, with the First-Ever Fireworks Display This Year](https://assets.hldycdn.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=webp,quality=75,width=400/e6b0673b-43e2-4d62-b1a8-cb97df3c2ad3.jpeg)
The Guzuyaki Matsuri Festival takes place in Iburibashi, Kaga City, from August 28 to 30, where giant effigies called guzu are paraded through the historic post town's alleys and burned at Furihashi Shrine. This year's festival also features the debut of the Guzuyaki Matsuri Fireworks Display on August 30.
Select Animate stores are holding a "TV Anime KAMITSUBAKI CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION x Gawako Animate Fair" from November 14 to 29, 2026, with new black-coordinate illustrations by Gawako, a wide lineup of merchandise available for advance sale, and purchase bonuses.
From August 20 through September 23, 2026, Karaoke Manekineko is hosting a collaboration campaign with Kurageu Roa at locations nationwide, featuring "ROA'S DINER"-themed exclusive merchandise and three character-inspired drinks.
Kashima Arts opens the preview viewing for its "Meguru -MEGURU-" Vol.27 MAIN SALE art auction on August 22, bringing together 213 fine works of Japanese art including 15 pieces by Ito Jakuchu. To mark the occasion, a limited-quantity original eco bag featuring Serizawa Keisuke's 10 Great Disciples of Shakamuni goes on sale, and preview visitors receive a complimentary specially designed fan.
THE KOBE DINING CRUISE will run its five-day "Minato HANABI Cruise" from October 19 to 23, 2026, pairing course dinners and a buffet aboard the Concerto and Luminous Kobe 2 with Kobe Port's autumn fireworks, plus an early-bird discount on the Concerto French course through August 31.
Netmarble's idle RPG "THE KING OF FIGHTERS Dot Battle" has launched a major update marking its 1st anniversary, introducing new fighter Kyo Kusanagi (THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98), the "Fighters Festa" event, and a large-scale Team Battle renewal.
For four days this August, Komadenoike Campground in Saku-ho, Nagano Prefecture, is letting guests paddle out onto Komadenoike, the highland pond they usually only view from the shore, in a solo kayak.
KADOKAWA's new KonoSuba game, officially titled KONOSUBA – God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Prosperity to This Beloved Town! and nicknamed "Machisuba," will launch on DMM GAMES for PC, with a special stage program set to livestream from Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 20, 2026.