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Starting July 15, 2026, resort hotel Kyukamura Irago on Japan's Atsumi Peninsula is offering an overnight stay plan with all-you-can-eat musk melon and a hands-on melon harvesting experience at a nearby farm, plus a lighter half-melon option, as part of the resort's 60th-anniversary summer lineup.
Natural cosmetics brand La CASTA's new concept store, La CASTA Atelier Essential Hankyu Umeda Main Store, opens on July 15, 2026 in the 8th-floor GREEN AGE at Hankyu Umeda Main Store, featuring a nature-inspired interior and a new microscope-based scalp counseling service.
Urban Dock LaLaport Toyosu will host "The 2nd Toyosu Summer Festival 2026" from August 8 to 16, featuring bon odori dancing around a yagura with a different musical theme each day, classic festival games and food trucks, and a special DJ-led Anime Song Bon Odori event on the final night.
On Saturday, August 1, 2026, EXPO2025 Official Cafe Lapoppo Links Umeda in Osaka is holding a one-day-only MYAKU-MYAKU Greeting Event, featuring a special lunch plate, limited-edition merchandise, and a reserved photo session with MYAKU-MYAKU.
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COSPA is rolling out new Nanachi apparel from Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun — a jinbei in two designs, a dry T-shirt, and a lightweight dry parka — with an early sale at Wonder Festival 2026 [Summer] on July 26 ahead of general release in early October 2026.
A new Puella Magi Madoka Magica merchandise line turns all five magical girls into withCAT-style plush keychains, complete with a swappable eye mask and a removable weapon accessory in the Plus version.
New merchandise for the manga Magical Girl Pink Blue, featuring gal-themed original illustrations and mini character art, goes on sale online from July 3 and in-store at eeo Store's Ikebukuro main store from August 15, 2026.
Maihama View Hotel by HULIC will offer a limited-time "Harvest Halloween Room" from September 4 to October 31, 2026, wrapping guests in warm orange, storybook-like decor inspired by the autumn harvest and Halloween, with reservations opening July 13, 2026.
SAT-BOX has released Make it! Shaved Ice, a cooking action game about running a shaved ice shop, today on Nintendo Switch and Steam. Players shave ice, add syrup, and top with fruit to fill orders, with solo Score Attack and four-player local Versus modes.
MARTE's original brand "sahara" has released a new line of sheer tops printed with artwork by the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, available in five designs from July 11, 2026, at MARTE ONLINE STORE and select stores.
Starting July 15, Maruyama Coffee's stores and online store are offering the "Maruyama Coffee Original Karuizawa Coffee Doughnut," a retro, simple fried doughnut made to pair with dark roast coffee.
A limited-time pop-up store celebrating the 35th anniversary of MATCHLESS RAIJIN-OH opens at Kotobukiya Akihabara Building on August 7, 2026, featuring numerous new original goods with newly drawn illustrations.