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Sync Innovation Co., Ltd. has started accepting pre-orders for TV anime "I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day" merchandise, including acrylic keychains, acrylic stands, and can badges, from September 18 through its official pre-order site.
Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay is offering a limited-time "Chapel de Christmas Night Proposal Plan" from December 18 to 20 and December 23 to 26, 2026, featuring a candlelit chapel decorated for Christmas, a bouquet of 21 shimmering "Jewel Roses," live violin and organ music, and a choice of Christmas dinner courses at four hotel restaurants.
SETOUCHI BEER's udon-themed craft beer brand UDON BREWING has released Iseudon HAZY IPA, a limited-edition beer developed jointly with ISEKADO that reimagines the soft texture and mellow sweetness of Ise udon as a hazy IPA.
KADOKAWA launches its first online lottery for TV anime Recommendations from Iwamoto-Senpai on Kujibikido, featuring newly drawn illustrations by character designer Atsuko Nakajima across acrylic stands, clear files, and can badges, starting September 29, 2026.
Marking its 20th anniversary, Kawasaki Good Times World in Kobe is reopening on September 25 with an overhauled History Zone, a fully refreshed World Theater with new lighting effects, and a new hands-on experience zone.
A collaboration cafe themed on "Moonlit Night Soiree Cafe" from the movie "The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe" opens at and GALLERY's Yurakucho, Namba, and Nagoya locations from October 3 to October 31, 2026, featuring newly drawn illustrations, character-inspired menu items, and limited-edition merchandise.
TOOTH MART, the food hall on the first floor of Kobe Port Museum, launches KOBE OCTOBER FESTIVAL 2026 on September 25 with discounted Rokko Beer, terrace BBQ plans featuring free-flow beer, and ties to the Minato HANABI fireworks, Kobe Jazz Centennial, and MASHUP FESTIVAL KOBE'26.
Kodai-ji Temple in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward will hold a special night viewing event, "Digital Noh in Kodai-ji," from October 2 to 4, 2026, featuring a Noh performance of "Hagoromo," illuminated clouds and bamboo in the temple garden, and a rare display of the reconstructed "Golden Tea Room" linked to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Fashion label Kolor is opening a new store on the 2nd floor of Ikebukuro PARCO, its 11th location and first in the Ikebukuro area, featuring sculptural fixtures and guardrail-inspired displays designed by creative director Taro Horiuchi, along with a store-exclusive T-shirt and opening novelty.
From September 25 to 27, 2026, GRANSTA YAESU at JR Tokyo Station hosts "Nakatsugawa Kurikinton LOVER," the 14th installment of JR East Cross Station's "Ji no Mono LOVER" project, bringing together 11 famous shops behind Nakatsugawa's traditional autumn confection kurikinton, along with a limited tote bag set and roughly 20 kinds of kurikinton-inspired sweets.
The Galaxy Express 999 50th Anniversary Project - Leiji Matsumoto Exhibition - Journey of Creation opens September 19 at Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokorozawa, Saitama, unveiling a teaser visual for a new theatrical film alongside exclusive admission gifts, original merchandise, and collaboration drinks at SACULA DINER.
Fragrance brand LOA is opening a nine-day pop-up called 'LOA POPUP TOKYO' in Harajuku, Tokyo, from September 19 to 27, 2026, letting visitors try all 14 of its scents alongside the debut of its first hair tool and a new scented scrunchie made with hair wear brand DRESS.