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A collaboration event with the Ultraman Series is launching in LINE Idle Rangers AFK RPG on June 30, 2026, featuring Ultraman, Ultraman Tiga, and Ultraman Zero as limited-time characters alongside special in-game events running through July 31.
Celebrating 5 years since the first season of Love Live! Superstar!!, a special pop-up shop featuring newly drawn illustrations of all 11 Liella! members and exclusive merchandise opens at Shibuya Modi 7F from July 17, 2026.
Kamakura-born chocolate brand MAISON CACAO is releasing the seventh edition of its monthly terroir chocolate series on July 1, 2026, featuring Colombian cacao paired with black sugar from Hateruma Island, Okinawa, in a limited run of 800 individually numbered boxes wrapped in artisan washi paper from the Nao Handmade Washi workshop.
Mamon King, the monster-raising simulation co-developed with YouTuber Yoshinama, launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 8, 2026. A physical Switch 2 keycard edition with exclusive early purchase bonuses ships alongside the digital version.
Takatsuki City is holding a free spinning top battle tournament using its original educational toy Manhole Koma at Takatsuki Hankyu Square on August 1, 2026, open to children aged 5 to 12 and their guardians.
Matsue Excel Hotel Tokyu is presenting "Tamayura (玉響)," a limited-time Japanese-Western fusion dinner course for 10 guests per day, featuring premium Shimane ingredients including wagyu beef fillet, abalone, nodoguro, and domestic eel, during Obon (August 8–15) and Silver Week (September 19–21, 2026).
Matsuzakaya Ueno's "Hoppetown" food floor hosts a series of weekly pop-up events throughout July, bringing together sought-after shops including 船橋屋 (Funabashiya), 舟和 (Funawa), and 亀十 (Kamejuu), alongside special eel bento for Doyo no Ushi Day and seasonal sweets.
Specialty chocolate shop Minimal - Bean to Bar Chocolate is bringing back its signature chocolate shaved ice this summer in a new two-layer design, available at three Tokyo locations from July 1 to September 30, 2026.
Due to overwhelming popularity, Mister Donut's Mocchyurin Kinako and Mocchyurin Mitarashi will sell until ingredients run out starting mid-July, while the planned Phase 2 lineup has been cancelled to prevent further store congestion.
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo's Marunouchi is holding a limited-time family scavenger hunt for children from July 14 to 20, 2026, alongside café collaborations, a costume event, and evening concerts tied to its ongoing "Artists at the Café" exhibition.
A new wellness-focused hot spring inn, Nishi-Izu Meguri ~MEGURI~, is opening on July 1, 2026 in Doi, Izu City, Shizuoka, offering 100% free-flowing natural hot springs, private saunas, gluten-free dining, and a range of wellness amenities across 39 rooms.
After a devastating fire in January 2026, the beloved Osaka meat wholesaler "Orosha Shibata" is making a grand comeback as "Agiya Orosha Shibata," a specialty fried food shop opening in Shinsekai on July 3, 2026.