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MAISON CACAO's Kamakura flagship restaurant PIASTRE reopens on September 16 as Mexican fine dining, pairing ingredients rooted in Mexican food culture with fine produce from around Japan on two course menus and an original cocktail bar.
To mark Pokémon's 30th anniversary and Pokémon Sleep's 3rd anniversary, The Pokémon Company and NOT A HOTEL have built a real, stay-in Poké Ball-shaped hotel in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, and launched a giveaway campaign offering fans a chance to spend the night inside.
Pia Corporation is releasing "Pompompurin 30th Anniversary Hero Mascot," an original flocked mascot set featuring Pompompurin, Muffin, Scone, and Bagel dressed up as heroes, complete with three postcards and a sticker, on sale today, September 15, at bookstores and online retailers nationwide.
Dining Luore, the 1st-floor restaurant at Rihga Royal Hotel Hiroshima, is introducing a Pasta Fair featuring four original pasta dishes from October 1, 2026, through January 12, 2027, as a limited-time addition to its a la carte menu.
Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka's long-running cultural school, École de Royal, is holding its first "Let's Go Meet the Dinosaurs!" day tour on October 11, 2026, pairing a guided walk through Tamba Dinosaur Museum's autumn special exhibition with a hands-on dinosaur plastic model workshop, with a morning or afternoon course open to participants of any age.
From September 16, The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka is taking reservations at The Ritz-Carlton Gourmet Shop for its 2026 Christmas lineup, themed "Winter Wonderland — A World of Winter Dreams," including five Christmas cakes from the team led by Executive Pastry Chef Frédéric Moreau alongside a range of festive confections and Italian panettone.
IP4 Co., Ltd. is releasing the "Sanrio Characters Clingy Tears Gusseted Drawstring Pouch" in capsule toy corners nationwide from mid-September 2026, with six satin-textured, pastel-colored designs featuring Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Pochacco, Pompompurin, and Kuromi.
IP Four Inc. is bringing back its Sanrio Characters Kapugurumi Funyumaru! Mascot Collection, featuring six round, squishy mascots of My Melody, Kuromi, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, Pochacco, and Hangyodon, rolling out gradually from late September 2026 at capsule toy corners nationwide.
Sanrio has opened a new YouTube channel for preschoolers and their families, featuring original 3D animated content starring Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, and other Sanrio characters in both Japanese and English.
From Tuesday, October 6 to Thursday, October 8, 2026, Sapporo Park Hotel's terrace restaurant Piare is holding a special tasting dinner led by head chef Makoto Sanada, featuring a full course built around Hokkaido's autumn seafood and Shiretoko wagyu beef, paired with wine.
Sasaichi Shuzo, a Yamanashi sake brewery with more than 360 years of history that offers ceremonial sake to Mount Fuji, is releasing a limited "Shumei Celebration Sake Dan Junmai Daiginjo" to mark the release of a documentary chronicling the succession of the kabuki name Ichikawa Danjuro. Preorders open September 15, with sales beginning September 25, the same day the film opens.
CTW Inc. has opened pre-registration on its game service G123 for a new original game, Scimagic: The Magic World Is Bugged, Fix It With Science!, in which a boy versed in modern science teams up with magic to survive in another world. Reaching 50,000 sign-ups also unlocks a bonus companion character, Archimedes.