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With just three days to go before its Tohoku debut, Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition AOMORI has confirmed extended hours until 8 PM on its July 11 opening day, alongside a new pop-up shop from Hirosaki select store Kusamura offering Aomori crafts and exhibition-exclusive goods.
Universal Studios Japan will hold its autumn event, Universal Extreme Autumn – Discover U!!!, from September 10 to November 8, 2026, headlined by the 15th anniversary of Halloween Horror Nights. The milestone year brings a new Resident Evil Requiem attraction, a record number of zombies, and collaborations with Chainsaw Man and Super Nintendo World's 5th anniversary.
Michi-no-Eki Uzushio and the sightseeing boat operator Uzushio Cruise, both in Minamiawaji City, Hyogo Prefecture, are joining forces for the first time with a joint summer campaign running July 18 through August 31, 2026, featuring an Instagram hashtag giveaway, a two-day mascot and photo-spot event, and limited-edition collaboration stickers.
Japanese wine select shop wa-syu returns to Isetan Shinjuku's "World Wine Tour" exhibition from July 14 to 20, 2026, recreating its Kakuuchi-style wine bar and teaming up with Kitakamakura inari sushi shop Kyoku for a limited pairing menu, while nine guest winemakers make daily appearances throughout the event.
Washinmura, a stay-able satoyama village in Futtsu, Chiba, reports that its 2026 wild firefly season concluded on July 5, marking the start of a quiet satoyama summer of evening fires, a wood-fired sauna, and time with its resident rescue cats.
Yamazaki Jitsugyo has released a new lineup of practical home goods, featuring a ceiling-hung laundry hanger bar, a duct rail-mounted laundry hanger bar, an airtight protein case with a valve seal, a U-shaped washstand rack, a flip-open slipper rack, and a magnetic bath lid dry hanger.
All-day dining "Compass" at Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers is holding the "Summer Hokkaido Fair, Dohoku (Rumoi & Soya)" from July 11 to October 16, 2026, featuring Wakkanai-born tako-shabu, Rumoi seafood, natural bluefin tuna nigiri sushi, snow crab, and red-flesh melon.
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise is holding its "Ken Matsudaira Mamire Mamire Island: Summer Campaign" from July 18 to August 31, 2026, expanding the popular Ken Matsudaira Mamire Amusement Park into the Ken Matsudaira Mamire Mamire Amusement Park and adding a brand-new Ken Matsudaira Mamire Mamire Aquarium, with Ken Matsudaira himself visiting the park on July 30.
A brand-new nighttime market celebrating Yokosuka's music, craft beer, and local food culture opens for the first time on July 24, 2026, across the indoor and outdoor venues of Ichigo Yokosuka Port Market.
The smartphone game based on the hit TV anime series Yowamushi Pedal has crossed 200,000 pre-registrations, with a celebratory follow-and-repost campaign now underway on the official X account.
Gensen no Yado Yugawara Chiyoda-so, a hot spring inn in Yugawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has launched a summer stay plan running from July 1 to September 30, 2026, that comes with a complimentary chilled ramune soda handed out at check-in.
Bleston Court Yukawatan, the main dining restaurant at Hoshino Resorts' Karuizawa Hotel Bleston Court, is serving a summer-only course from July 3 to September 7, 2026, built around its "Water Gibier" concept. The menu features eel terrine with a seasonal rice salad, Shinano Yukimasu trout with fennel espuma, and charcoal-grilled kid goat, alongside a terrace apéro experience surrounded by greenery.