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Grand Castella is reviving its popular Whole Chestnut Montblanc Castella for a limited run from August 15 to September 30, 2026, as the Taiwan-born castella brand celebrates its 5th anniversary in Japan.
Online printing service Graphic has released Mini Canvas Print, a palm-sized canvas art print that can be ordered starting from a single piece, with five size options for photos and illustrations.
AMNIBUS, an online store selling original anime and manga merchandise, has started accepting pre-orders for three types of Haikyu!! products — trading scene photo can badges, trading scene photo L-size cards, and banner multi desk mats — starting August 7th.
Two new Haikyu!! merchandise lines — trading scene photo acrylic stands and trading scene photo acrylic keychains vol. 2 — are now available for pre-order on AMNIBUS, featuring memorable scenes of Hinata Shoyo, Kageyama Tobio, and more characters.
HAKUBA Mountain Festival 2026, set for August 29–30 at Usagidaira Terrace on Hakuba Happo-one, has revealed its final wave of performers — DJ REN and four artists joining the THE LOCAL ICONICS powered by TuneCore Japan stage — along with the full two-day timetable across 17 stage sets, capped by a fireworks finale on opening night.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the TV anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, ABEMA is opening a dedicated channel for the first time, streaming all 28 episodes of the series and the film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya free of charge every day from Sunday, August 16 through Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
French bag brand Hervé Chapelier will release a limited-quantity special edition of its beloved nylon boat tote (M size), the "1027NTD" in Naclé × Naclé × Dragée Tag, starting August 14, 2026, exclusively through its official online store and three boutiques.
Sun Hoseki's beloved character Hoppe-chan takes over THE SHIBUYA SOUVENIR STORE at RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK from August 7 to August 31, 2026, with a limited-time pop-up featuring marker keychains, restocked water-in stickers, gal-style figures, and a Mount Fuji-themed souvenir item.
Amanohashidate Rikyu HOSHINO-OTO, a one-villa-per-night retreat in Kyoto's Amanohashidate area, has added a private sauna for up to two guests to its "Migiwa" room, joining the room's existing gold and silver natural hot springs and private pool for a self-contained hot-cold bathing circuit.
A free special program for TV anime "I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand" will stream exclusively on ABEMA on August 19, featuring main cast members looking back at episodes 1 through 7, with a free marathon broadcast of the same episodes airing beforehand.
Anique reveals the lineup of newly illustrated original merchandise for the Identity V hands-on pop-up shop "Welcome to the Specimen Collection Room," running at POP Culture Style IKEBUKURO in Tokyo from August 28 to September 9, 2026.
KACHIKA's SOLA backpack, which has repeatedly topped Amazon's Backpack ranking, adds three understated new colors — Sand Beige, Forest Wood Brown, and Midnight Blue — bringing its unisex lineup to six colors in total.