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DMM GAMES' idol game STELLAR IDOL PROJECT holds a special stage at Tokyo Game Show 2026, with voice actors Yui Sakakibara and Musubi Aono performing live vocals and music creator Hige Driver bringing a DJ set built around the game's soundtrack.
From September 3 to November 30, 2026, China Shadow on the 26th floor of Strings Hotel Tokyo InterContinental adds a limited-time menu featuring seasonal Hokkaido ingredients to its dim sum course, letting guests build a personalized lunch or dinner from steamed and fried dim sum, with prices starting at ¥7,700.
Strings Hotel Nagoya marks its 10th anniversary this year, and its 1st floor teppanyaki restaurant Takumi is serving a Five Senses Autumn Course from September 11 to November 11, 2026, built around Aichi beef, angel shrimp, and a Shine Muscat tart.
Suiran, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kyoto will renovate its historic restaurant buildings from December 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, temporarily closing Saryo Hassui while Kyo Suiran continues to operate as usual.
Sylvanian Families Exciting Adventure Mountain, from Epoch Co., Ltd., has won the Grand Prize in the Basic Division at the Japan Toy Awards 2026. The winning playset will be on display at the Japan Toy Awards 2026 booth during Tokyo Toy Show 2026, scheduled for August 27 to 30 at Tokyo Big Sight.
Takamiya Teien Saryo in Fukuoka City's Minami Ward is hosting a limited-time autumn afternoon tea themed around chestnut, pumpkin, and caramel, available from September 1 through November 30, 2026.
Kobe's Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum will hold the exhibition "Where Trees Live Again" from October 3 to December 13, 2026, spotlighting furniture designer George Nakashima and the Kagawa workshop that has carried on his craft in Japan for more than 60 years.
At TAMAYA TERRACE, the site of Saga Tamaya's former main building, a small aquarium called "Tamatera Aquarium" has opened inside a traditional Japanese house, letting visitors relax while observing sea and river creatures up close through December 31, 2026.
From September 19 to October 31, 2026, Tobu World Square in Nikko hosts a Tamiya collaboration event with giant diorama and Mini 4WD history exhibits, the real car behind a Tamiya RC off-road model, a park-wide scavenger hunt, and ticketed Mini 4WD races and RC car track days.
TASAKI is holding a "Your balance" POP-UP Store at Ginza Mitsukoshi through August 25, showcasing new pieces from its balance and danger jewelry lines along with a limited-time customization service that lets visitors personalize their own balance jewelry.
Ahead of its run at Ueno Marui from August 28 to September 6, 2026, the Ken Elephant x Osamu Tezuka Characters Shop adds an advance sale of 2nd color Hosuke Sharaku and Unico Sofvi figures, plus a reissued Ambassador Atom 2nd Color and newly added Black Jack and Pinoko 2nd Color figures.
A pop-up store based on the light novel series The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister's Stead will run at TO POP-UP's Shibuya Sakura Stage location from September 18 to 27, 2026, with a full merchandise lineup and purchase bonuses.