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AmiAmi is now taking pre-orders for 1/6 scale completed figures of Oyama Mahiro and Oyama Mihari from ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!, each inspired by their Heisei gal outfits from a collaboration illustration with Village Vanguard. Produced by Phat Company, each figure is priced at 28,800 yen (tax included), with release scheduled for July 2027.
Tokyo-based jewelry brand PARCELLE JEWELRY holds a seven-day pop-up shop at Matsuzakaya Nagoya's Main Building 1st Floor North Entrance Event Space from August 5 to 11, 2026, showcasing handcrafted pieces across six collections, including a strawberry-motif pavé ring making its Nagoya debut.
A new set of eight "shaka-shaka" charms in soft pastel colors, each featuring a different sea creature, is set to go on sale as capsule toys from late July 2026.
Yokohama Takashimaya's 8th Floor Event Space welcomes "PAW Patrol Friend Park -by VILLAGE VANGUARD-" for the first time from July 29 to August 3, 2026, with mission-style games, a hands-on workshop, and venue-limited PAW Patrol merchandise.
From September 1 to September 30, 2026, the 8th-floor French restaurant Pomme d'Adam at Marunouchi Hotel is offering an autumn afternoon tea built around the rich flavors of Kyoho grapes and Shine Muscat, with a lineup of sweets and savories celebrating the season's grape harvest.
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is running a Pompompurin collaboration campaign from August 14 to September 13, 2026, with free stickers, a giant balloon, a digital badge stamp rally, and a limited acrylic charm, timed to Sanrio's "Pomfes" music festival celebrating the character's 30th anniversary.
From September 1 to November 30, 2026, the Chinese restaurant Chugoku Ryori Youmeiden at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo will serve its first Chinese Afternoon Tea, "A Harvest of Hokkaido and Chinese Tea," featuring Hokkaido ingredients, a new signature mala tang dish, and a choice of 12 Chinese teas.
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2 NEW GENESIS ver.2 has updated with the returning limited-time quest "The Writhing Malice, Confined '26," a refreshed Costume GET Campaign, and new AC Scratches including "Yudi Special Ability Select Jul '26" and the August 1 arrival "Rewind Collection Aug '26."
Randy's Donuts, the Los Angeles-based donut shop, unveils the second installment of its Summer Season lineup with two refreshing new donuts and two new pocket bag tote goods, available starting August 10, 2026.
Revlon is releasing the PhotoReady Instant P. Serum, a limited-quantity lip color in 6 shades, on August 10, 2026. Built around a "Fire & Ice Complex™" of warming and cooling ingredients, it's designed to give lips a plump, dewy-looking finish with a serum-like texture.
RIMOWA's shop in the Bag Gallery on the 2nd floor of Hankyu Umeda Main Store reopens on August 5, 2026 with a more spacious layout, a new client care space for on-site repairs, a hot stamping service, and a new Ink Blue color for its Groove leather bag collection.
PYURU Co., Ltd., the cosmetics OEM/ODM maker behind the Rishiri hair color series that has sold more than 37 million bottles, is renewing its Rishiri Color Treatment with a boost in dye power and hair-repair effect, adding a new Maroon Brown shade for a five-color lineup from October 1, 2026.