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BUTCHER REPUBLIC Yokohama Akarenga Shurasco BBQ & BEER at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is offering a one-night-only plan pairing fireworks viewing with all-you-can-eat shurasco and all-you-can-drink pairings on Monday, August 24, 2026, timed to the Minato Mirai Festival.
Ahead of Isetan Shinjuku's September 2 refresh opening, CABaN is temporarily relocating to a pop-up store in the store's 3rd floor Contemporary/Promotion space from July 29 to September 1, offering a lineup of new and signature items.
Asahi Group Foods is releasing Calpis Specially Selected Butter Candy on September 28, a candy made with the rare Calpis Specially Selected Butter that delivers a rich, creamy buttery taste in a convenient individually wrapped format.
Calpis Co., Ltd. is releasing "Calpis Tokusen Butter Kinsei Orange Peel Butter," a new flavor developed with wine specialist Enoteca, in limited quantities from August 3 through the Tokusen Butter online shop and Enoteca Online.
campass Omiya, a camp practice facility 7 minutes on foot from Omiya Station's west exit, is opening a free summer playground with a daytime Pool Plaza and an evening Fireworks Plaza for a limited time, along with new all-you-can-drink BBQ plans.
Garden Kitchen Caramelo at Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya is holding its first-ever Silver Week Buffet from September 19 to 23, 2026, featuring tableside-carved roast beef, oven-fired pizza, and freshly piped mont blanc for three generations of family dining.
A new chopstick-making studio, Chopsticks Studio Asakusa, opened on July 5, 2026, just a three-minute walk from Kaminarimon Gate in Tokyo's Asakusa. Visitors can carve and polish their own wooden chopsticks -- including matching pairs for couples -- inside an air-conditioned space, with each one-hour session fitting easily into a day of sightseeing.
Kose Cosmeport's CLEARTURN brand is expanding its Gomenne Suhada line with two new facial washes — a moisturizing formula and a medicated acne-care formula — rolling out from August 21, 2026 at drugstores and retailers nationwide.
Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Station is offering "Shinshu Terroir BBQ," a dinner BBQ menu built around ingredients from the Shinshu region (Nagano Prefecture), from August 1 to October 31, 2026, at DINING & BAR LAVAROCK on the hotel's first floor, featuring りんご和牛 ribeye, 信州太郎ポーク, venison sausage, and shell-on scallops.
Daska & Desiree is bringing its cheese sweets brand "Cheese is..." back for a second round of pop-up stores at five locations nationwide starting August 2026, including its first appearance in the Kansai region at Hankyu Umeda Main Store.
Taishukan Shoten has published 能と狂言の大事典, a new reference on Noh and Kyogen compiled by 65 specialists over 18 years with about 4,800 entries, covering the more than 600-year history of these traditional Japanese performing arts.
DOLCE FELICE's popular Tokyo Suica's Penguin Cream Sandwich Cookie is back on in-person sale, now available in limited quantities at NewDays+HANAGATAYA Gransta Tokyo Keiyo Street Store from July 1, 2026, following the closure of its previous storefront.